You have demostrable evidence to prove this I assume? God talked to you or made himself known to you and put the picture of the sexed up supermodel in your mind to come here and post for us to finally know there is a god. Is that your argument?
Your perception of beuty has to do with upbringing and conditioning and some argue phi... (hee hee)
I've seen a human demon and a human angel. We are all human, angels and demons alike. The demon had a perfect human face, the angel likewise, yet one was in torment the other in an exalted perfect state of joy. I FELT the feelings of both as hate, anger and lonliness shot through me while the image of the demon came and went as quickly as a flash of a camera. Likewise I felt Love, joy and a sense of wholeness, as if nothing was broken, when the angel's image flashed before my eyes as fast as the flash of a camera light.
They were both humans, both equally beautiful. Beauty has nothing to do with good or evil.
God has created beauty and ugliness for his divine purposes, to educate us.
The point of this thread was to point out God's ability to create something of beauty, not just ugliness, sickness, disease, etc.
Christ did not show you, me or anyone else alive today anything. Christ most likely existed but perhaps not. If he did exist it was as a man not as a super savant healer and master of magic or channeler of theological mystic powers. He may have been a great man and teacher who died for his beliefs. Most modern biblical scholars discount claims of miraculous magic powers. Extroadinary claims require extroadinary evidence and in this instance there is little to behold.
The tales of jesus of course come from the bible and mainly matthew, mark, luke and john. The Bible is the collection of religious writings of Judaism and of Christianity. We then have translations and derived from them interpretations. Your interpretation is one and so is many others and all possible since none of the interpretations can be proven. While we could easily argue translation, interpretation is another matter and the 1000s of religions and varied views and beliefs of jesus are a testament to that.
Was this just a reinvention of earlier beliefs? Were pagan rituals adopted for christianity?
Did god? What about is there a god? And whatever experience you have a personal revalation of what you percieve to be the most powerful being in the universe singling you out, you must know there are many others who say the exact same thing and have completely different religions and beliefs than you do.
I take it you just outright reject evolution because the world is just too beutiful and complex to not have a creator. (Which is a lot easier to rationalize if you are already conditioned to accept and acknowledge god as a fact ) Are you an authoritarian? (Would you agree that you seem to have some of these traits: conventionalism, authoritarian submission, authoritarian aggression, anti-intraception, superstition and stereotypy, power and "toughness", destructiveness and cynicism, projectivity, and exaggerated concerns over sex.)
You can take my questions rhetorically if it pleases you. Your argument that she is just too beutiful to not be created by god and you know she is not perfect because you have seen the perfect form of demons, angels, pixies or whatever mythological creatures you claim first hand knowledge of is ridiculous.
The opening post face is NOT perfect. I have seen perfection in the human face. I tried to do a Google search to find what I had seen in the spirit, with my spirit eyes. That airbrushed image in the opening post comes close, but still not exactly what I saw.
Visionaries who have seen Mary say she is more beautiful than what we see on earth, I agree, I only got a taste of it, but I saw what I saw. I saw into the next world for just a second. I can't reproduce that image in my mind.
There are many that have seen into the spirit realm. Joseph Smith was one of them.
Google Bernadette Soubirous and read or listen to her accounts of her visions and conversations with Mary. Also read the accounts of the three children of Fatima, Portugal.
I am not a product of my environment. I am in no way your typical Christian.
There is a film called "Burnadette" and another called "The Miracle of our Lady Fatima". Rent these films and watch them. Netflix has them both.