We can never experience the depth of feeling of others...they may express their feelings of deep belief and transportation to another realm, and we can wonder at how much they seem moved by their experience...what we cannot do however, is be transported with them to experience it ourselves. That must come from within us, and if and when we do, we will no longer be skeptics and atheists, we will be true believers. I don’t believe there is really any correlation between our changing perceptions of beauty as we get older, which I do agree with, and our religious experience, or perception of it. Experience and wisdom make us see things in a different, more nuanced way as we get older and we’re generally influenced less by superficial beauty, but can see the value and beauty underneath the veneer. We can appreciate the beauty and awe of the natural world at any age, but perhaps that appreciation too becomes more acute as we age. As for being religiously sensitive...I can’t say I really understand what you mean by that. What I can say is, from a purely personal point of view, I have become more tolerant of others religious views as I’ve got older, and more sensitive to their need to believe in a greater being, one which I have never ever felt I needed.