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Physical Aesthetics of Religion

There is a lot of time-consuming detail that is put into the decorative aspects of places of worship. Although, the Second Commandment says, "You shall not make for yourself a graven image."
Buildings loom over their subjects, swallowing them and embracing them. The symmetry is a physical manifestation of the need to embrace perfection. 
 "In my father's house there are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?" John 14:2 
"Do you give the horse his strength or clothe his neck with a flowing mane? Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?" Job 39:19
"For now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, as I am fully known." 1 Corinthians 13:12
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Rom 3:23 The skew of the image in relation of the building lends itself to the imperfection of the mortal and the clash with the modern world with the refelctions of the modern business building. 
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline." Tim 1:7 The building itself, with all of its angles shows the determination of the archtect. 
Physical Aesthetics of Religion
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Physical Aesthetics of Religion

Places of worship are embodiments of the ideologies of religions. One of the indications is in the architecture. Christian and Catholic churches Read More

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