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The psalmist [[King David|David]] wrote: "One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple."(Psalm 27:4). The [[fall of man]] caused death, disease and suffering to enter into the world.  The Bible also declares that [[Sarah]], [[Abraham]]'s wife, had both inner and outer beauty.<ref>[https://bible.org/seriespage/yes-my-lord%E2%80%94-ithe-story-abraham-and-sarahi Yes, My Lord— The Story of Abraham and Sarah]</ref>

The psalmist [[King David|David]] wrote: "One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple."(Psalm 27:4). The [[fall of man]] caused death, disease and suffering to enter into the world.  The Bible also declares that [[Sarah]], [[Abraham]]'s wife, had both inner and outer beauty.<ref>[https://bible.org/seriespage/yes-my-lord%E2%80%94-ithe-story-abraham-and-sarahi Yes, My Lord— The Story of Abraham and Sarah]</ref>

Author John C. Wright wrote in his 2014 essay ''How We’ve Been Robbed of Beauty by the [[Leftist|Left]]'':

Author [[John C. Wright (author)|John C. Wright]] wrote in his 2014 essay ''How We’ve Been Robbed of Beauty by the [[Leftist|Left]]'':

{{cquote|The strongest argument against the [[atheism]] so beloved of the Left is not an argument that can be put in words, for it is the argument of beauty. If you see a sunset clothed in scarlet like a king descending to his empurpled pyre, or wonder at the gleaming thunder of a waterfall, if you find yourself fascinated by the soft intricacy of a crimson rose or behold the cold virgin majesty of the morning star, much less see and enter a cathedral or a walled garden...or Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, if indeed you see real beauty and for a moment you forget yourself, then you are drawn out of yourself into something larger.

{{cquote|The strongest argument against the [[atheism]] so beloved of the Left is not an argument that can be put in words, for it is the argument of beauty. If you see a sunset clothed in scarlet like a king descending to his empurpled pyre, or wonder at the gleaming thunder of a waterfall, if you find yourself fascinated by the soft intricacy of a crimson rose or behold the cold virgin majesty of the morning star, much less see and enter a cathedral or a walled garden...or Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, if indeed you see real beauty and for a moment you forget yourself, then you are drawn out of yourself into something larger.