Deep Inside

Another lovely evening winter sky over the town of Port Glasgow, the town where I was born, and grew up. Nothing special you think, but take another moment to follow my reasoning. This is not one of my photos. It was given me by a very good family member, who thought it worth while to run outside with her camera, to take this scene.

Why would anyone feel anything about a sky scene? Why do we mostly love sunsets? Why does music stir the senses to the point that we have our own special 'memory' tunes, and we call them 'our songs'? Why is it when you look across at the Argyle Hills, covered in snow, we gasp at the beauty? Why is art (because these are all pieces of art) so important to humans?

Animals have no concept of beauty. They live on base instincts. An animal of any kind will not lift its head to take in the beauty of a sunset, or the rolling waves. Have you ever wondered why?

How about the thought that we really are so fundamentally different, that we just cannot be part of the same evolving species? How about the thought that we are not animals after all? How about the possibility, maybe in your own mind just a faint possibility, that the difference is that there actually is a God, and the thing that makes us different is that part of us that responds to beauty, love, feelings, emotions, and not just instincts? Science cannot test for beauty or feelings, just tangible things. There is a place for science and the study of knowledge, but let's not close our minds to the feelings which stir inside us when we are affected and touched by our emotions, feelings, beauty, and especially love. Science cannot deal with these things, and rightly so. They are intangible. 

For my part, I don't think these feelings are borne of the chemical make up of our bodies, or minds. I think it goes further. We have become good at being a 'God-Free' society, and very secular in our outlook. Isn't it time to at least be open to the possibility that there might just be that superior creator God after all? What is there to lose? The lady who took this photo just recognised the beauty. It was deep inside, and didn't have to be proven scientifically. She just knew it was 'good'!