ex cathedra: Argument from design

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Argument from design

It is a bit ironic that, coming from a religious tradition which is officially not in favor of male with male sex, --though men so inclined are numerous within it-- I often find myself moved precisely to religious awe by the sight of a beautiful man. I congratulate God on His work ("Nice job! Very nice!") and think that, despite the evidence to the contrary, He must exist and at least be doing His best.

This is not someone I know; the pics are on a public website where he put them, along with a bunch of others that would make him recognizable. And although my response to the images is not entirely lacking in lust, by far the largest reaction in me is, well, awe at what beauty --rhythm, structure, flow, proportion, balance, counterpoint, mass, economy, ornament, mystery, grace, power-- God's creation includes.

Nice job, God. Very nice.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...: What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god!

Also, nice blog.
- Wm. S.; 9:37 PM, September 10, 2009
OreamnosAmericanus said...: Thanks, Bill. You write well. Maybe you should have a blog of thine own.; 10:15 PM, September 10, 2009

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