"And I, God, created man in mine own image" - Moses 2:27

This semester I am taking Humanities. I was not oober excited to take this class, but my teacher seems SO great. We already had such a great lesson on the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo's incredible paintings therein.  So one of my personal favorites that we talked about was "The Creation of Adam" (also called "The Creation of Man"). Michelangelo, while painting the Sistine Chapel, disappeared for a while. The Pope had him brought back to finish his job. When he came back, his style was drastically changed and he painted the great masterpiece of "The Creation of Adam." This painting is so interesting because it goes against SO much of Catholicism. But interestingly, much of it matches that of the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Here is the picture:





As you can see, Heavenly Father (God) is pictured on the right. Heavenly Father has a body (which is SO opposing the doctrine of Catholicism). Heavenly Father also has Christ as a child underneath His arm. This is contrary to Catholicism in that it shows that we are all children of Heavenly Father and that we have the potential to divinity. It also shows that Heavenly Father and Christ are two separate beings. It makes you wonder what kind of spiritual experiences Michelangelo must have had when he disappeared for a bit. This is just the surface of this painting! CRAZY, huh? It just goes to show that the truth is there for those that are looking for it. I already love all the great things I am learning. It looks like it will be a challenging class but a fun and informative one. I can't wait. I love how at BYU we have the great opportunity of uniting both spiritual and secular knowledge into a great atmosphere of well rounded learning.