I want to ask why would God create such concept as attractiveness if He does not look at someone’s looks? 1 Samuel 16:7 ”for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
Study after study shows that there is objective beauty which is symmetry and anything that has symmetry is considered pretty or more prettier than anything else. Also there are genes that are better and stronger and people with such genes tend to look pretty (symmetrical), think more positive, be very healthy and accomplish a lot of things. Weaker genes give the opposite and someone with such genes struggles.
It seems like before the Fall people were very symmetrical and had stronger genes but after the Fall the degradation happened. Also Solomon’s song is clear that people are designed to be attracted also to looks.
I just feel somewhat down because if God does not care about looks then why did He bother to do objective attraction like symmetry, better genes etc. I always thought that all the features that we have that are considered unattractive were just made that way by us because after the Fall we choose what is pretty and what is not and if we did not Fall we would not care. But studies show something completely different and we are creatures attracted to symmetry which gives pretty features and in turn good genes because symmetry comes from them. Children are the best example, they tend to go to prettier symmetrical things, animals and people.
What do you think? Clarifying, I know that God does not look at our looks when it comes to salvation but still, He created people to find themselves attractive and He shows beauty in symmetry and proportions.
Asked by Lucy Red
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Jan 11, 2024, 11:38 AM
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