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Reasonable Faith

Gillian Brown

Religion & Spirituality

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 6

Is the idea of God only for the weak-minded, or are there rational, philosophical reasons that people believe in God? Join me, Gillian Brown, as I talk with experts about intelligent reasons to believe in God.

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Ep 5. Beauty and Transcendence

Sunday, December 25, 2022 • Duration 19:18

Our hearts resonate with beauty, the lifting feeling seems to point to something transcendent This argument for God’s existence isn’t so much based on ideas as it is on a nearly universal human experience: the compelling feeling of transcendence when we are moved by beauty. When we hear a powerful performance or a particularly beautiful piece of music, our hearts are stirred with a kind of yearning or longing and a poignant kind of joy. The feeling of wonder that beauty can illicit stirs us to believe that there is something “more.” When we are not in the state that beauty can provoke in us, it may not seem like a very powerful argument, because technically speaking, it isn’t an argument. It’s an experience. But when we are in a state of wonder, no argument can convince us that it isn’t happening, and no argument to believe in “something more” seems necessary. That there is “something more” is as obvious to us as our own existence. To explore this topic I did some footwork, I spoke to friends, professors, and of course, my Dad. I spoke to Kacie Parks, my roommate who is an amazing painter studying painting and drawing in the South Carolina School of the Arts. I asked her if she had experience with this concept or experience. Robert Homer-Drummond, a theatre professor at Anderson University, shared his experience with beauty in his work. He has made a profession out of presenting beautiful stories to others, his goal is to make his audience feel something with what they see. I asked about his experience and how he has seen God in art and beautiful things. Finally, I spoke to my dad, Dr. Ethan Brown, to wrap up the argument. In undergrad he was a theatre major at Harding University so he has a good understanding of beauty. He helped me connect the dots between the feeling of beauty and the necessary existence it points to. When we have this experience it implies the existence of God. This argument has reaffirmed my belief in the necessity of a God. If this argument helped you too, let me know by leaving a 5-star review and share it with a friend you think needs to hear this podcast!

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