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{{quote|How do you explain a sunset if there is no God?<ref>Matt Stopera, [https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/messages-from-creationists-to-people-who-believe-in-evolutio?utm_term=.fbRYQL7MQL#2391829 22 Messages From Creationists To People Who Believe In Evolution], Buzzfeed, February 5, 2014</ref>}}
{{quote|How do you explain a sunset if there is no God?<ref>Matt Stopera, [https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/messages-from-creationists-to-people-who-believe-in-evolutio?utm_term=.fbRYQL7MQL#2391829 22 Messages From Creationists To People Who Believe In Evolution], Buzzfeed, February 5, 2014</ref>}}


Muslim apologists argue that the [[Qur'an]] is the most eloquent book ever written, which is itself a [[miracle]]. The argument from aesthetic experience is a type of [[appeal to emotion]].
Apologists argue that the [[Qur'an]] is the most eloquent book ever written, which is itself a [[miracle]]. The argument from aesthetic experience is a type of [[appeal to emotion]].


Some apologists argue that the laws of physics or mathematical theories are beautiful and the best explanation is that God exists:
Some apologists argue that the laws of physics or mathematical theories are beautiful and the best explanation is that God exists:
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The most logically valid interpretation of the argument might be that Bach ''is'' God.
The most logically valid interpretation of the argument might be that Bach ''is'' God.


Exactly the same argument can be used to argue [[Aesthetic argument against the existence of God|against the existence of God]] due to aesthetic experience:
Exactly the same argument can be used to argue against the existence of God and aesthetic experience:


{{quote-source|[God] was counter to the taste of mine ears and eyes; worse than that I should not like to say against him.|[[Friedrich Nietzsche]]}}
{{quote-source|[God] was counter to the taste of mine ears and eyes; worse than that I should not like to say against him.|[[Friedrich Nietzsche]]}}
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