Art

I believe art to be very relative. Now does that mean I am opposed to it? Absolutely not. Does that mean I cannot derive absolute truth from it? Absolutely not. What I believe about art is relative, but could still withhold objectivity inside that belief. I agree with Donald Hudson when he says that "the Christian who ignores art agrees with a secular view of art - that art has no ultimate meaning for life nor does it reveal the God who is there."

While some artists may design beauty in ways that are nonetheless objective to dishonor God, it does not give an excuse for Christians to not take heed of the beauty. For as Hudson says: "every work of art reflects both the artist and the artist's creator...even art that denies God cannot deny God." To recognize beauty, which is a relative thing, just like art, takes a mind that is open to objectivity inside the relativity. God speaks through symbols and art. To just disregard such antiquities is an act of ignorance beyond that of stupidity.

Now I do agree that art can sometimes conceal God, as Hudson points out. But just because it conceals God does not mean it is not honoring God. Christians sometimes get, for lack of better word, too objective over physical matters, art included. For a Christian to assert that anything of the physical is objectively bad insinuates that God is bad. Yes they can most certainly say: "This is not one of my favorite pieces of art" but to objectively state: "I do not see God in this, therefore it is bad" totally disregards any means of beauty in which God Himself could have been trying to display through the art/artist. Overall, I believe art has the ability to display God's objectivity through relativity.