Michelangelo’s inspiration was his belief, as he put it:
”Whatever beauty here on earth is seen,
To meet the longing and perceptive eye,
Is semblance of that source divine,
From whence we all come.
In this alone we catch a glimpse of Heaven.”
Truly paradise is right here….
The Environment in it’s good state and splendid qualities, much like Art has an intrinsic value for human civilization and a deep value for people and other species. Preservation is a mandate for all faiths and unfaiths.
Q.E.F., for the Creationists, It has a religious value because it is the only way to glimpse the divine intention…
knowing that God exists because the environment is too improbable to have evolved by pure chance; Believe me.
Faith involves no proof.
Both teleology and intelligent design principles are clearly at work here but the Evolutionists can’t be left unsatisfied either. All products of natural selection are favoured in the healthy environment
Q.E.D., For the Big Bang theorists. The environment has the scientific value of living in the present magnificent natural process of Evolution…
And for the Philosophers just being in the present is a pleasurable environment.
