Atheists and others can you explain…?

Question

28"? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these”._ Matthew 6:26-29 (New International Version)

Why is the earth filled with such beauty? Why are we humans so attracted to this beauty? Why can’t they all be bland they would still thrive? Once again, ARE YOU SURE YOU ARE NOT MISSING THE SUBTLE BUT POTENT EVIDENCE?

Jargent and Southpaw, but why do the plants even CARE? And Dreamstuff that still doesn't explain why we are so attracted to the beauty.

DcubeD, I'm refering to the universe as well. (Cute kid)

Answer 1

In Mathew 6 Christ is basically telling us not to add worry, for it will not add a moment to our lives. He is telling us to accept our hardships, and live for the day, and let tomorrow take care of itself.

Very beautiful gospel, in fact my favourite of all.

Answer 2

to quote Douglas Adams "Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"

and

" . . imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in, fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!'"

Besides you're completely ignoring all the truly ugly things on the earth

Also you often find that things that are beautiful are so to aid their own survival - or it's simply coincidental. I find it more amazing that things are beautiful just because and not because some magical sky daddy is making pretty things

"Why do plants even care" - Plants don't they don't have emotions but the prettier ones were more likely to have their pollen spread and thus propograte and make equally pretty flowers. Pretty basic ToE you know

Answer 3

Have you ever seen a Venus Fly Trap or a Pitcher plant? How about a hyena or a vulture? Everything has it's place in nature and for some things beauty works, and for others beauty is not necessary. We find beauty in nature because our brains appreciate that. It has nothing to do with a god.

atheist

Answer 4

Did you ever think that, since *we* decide what beauty is, and it is completely subjective, that we have evolved to think that the things around us are beautiful?

Beauty isn't an objective standard. That can be evidenced by visiting an art museum with a few of your friends. You may love something another person hates, you may all think that a famous and highly-acclaimed sculpture is hideous, etc.

We think flowers are pretty because we developed an ability to see color, and we have positive connotations with flowers anyway. It really isn't complicated. If there were intelligent creatures from another planet visiting here, they may find flowers awful but marvel at the beauty of our garbage heaps. Who knows?

Answer 5

Just more bible blather that means nothing.

1. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Want an example? My husband and I are both overweight, and neither of us are "lookers" but I think he's the most beautiful man in the world and he tells me the same (that I'm the most beautiful). And, to each other, we are.

2. Again... beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We are attracted because we are. We like certain things. It helps ensure the survival of the species so that our genes mix, rather than stay the same. This way we don't get very many two headed webfooted babies.

3. You're not getting it.

And beauty is NOT evidence of a god. Its only evidence of beauty.

Answer 6

No It is you that missed the subtle evidence.It is you who would listen to Beethoven's magnificent Fifth Symphony and hear only the final score . You would not hear all of the notes that Beethoven certainly must of thrown out before he arrived at his final score.
It is you who would sit on the rim of the Grand Canyon and see only rock. To you the rocks would tell no stories of ancient oceans, ancient deserts and shallow Cambrian seas and in not knowing or believing those stories the true subtle beauty of the Canyon would elude you.

Answer 7

Are you sure you're not seeing something that's not there?

No doubt that flowers and the universe is beautiful but to then use that as a reason for God is overreaching. The basic premise of you're argument is, "Flowers are pretty, God must therefore exist".

Flowers are pretty because they attract pollinators that way. It is called coevolution.

Answer 8

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Meaning what one perceives to be beautiful, another may not. Therefore beauty is all about perception...so this is not sufficient evidence let alone 'potent' evidence.

Answer 9

What if our brains evolved so that we could perceive and be attracted to "beauty," perhaps as a survival or reproductive advantage? What if our ancestors who loved beauty were more successful than their tribemates who were indifferent to the aesthetics of plants, animals, smells, etc.? I believe in Gods, and I believe in beauty, and beauty even affirms my belief in Gods as it affirms your belief in your God, but I also believe that it's all a bit more complicated and interesting than you're saying.

Answer 10

We find things that are comfortable and familiar to be beautiful. It is no accident that our definition of what is beautiful just happens to be those things that make up the world we evolved in. Our eyes evolved to see the in visible light spectrum of our sun. Out olfactory sense evolved to detect the scents of the plants, animals and the earth itself. What we see as beauty an alien species may see as repugnant.

Answer 11

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It is not some empirical value which can be measured.

People have decided what is or isn't beautiful and we don't always agree on it, do we?