Glorifying God

The Rule: The only way to glorify God is in a Christian setting.

How can art glorify God when His name or themes are not even mentioned? Does Vincent Van Go's Starry Night glorify God? How about Arthur Miller's tragic play Death if a Salesman? What about the horrific glimpse into drug usage in the film Requiem for a Dream? None of these hold any ideas of God, so were they glorifying God? If not then did they serve no purpose?

Some would say, no. I for one give an enthusiastic "yes!" There is inspiration in art. And when God's goodness and gentleness is completely removed from the subjects, the audience observes the horrors of what life is without Him. That is a paradox: God is being glorified through His absence. No matter what, God will get what's coming to Him.