We are not being true to the artist as a man if we consider his art work junk simply because we differ with his outlook on life. Christian schools, Christian parents, and Christian pastors often have turned off young people at just this point. Because the schools, the pastors, and the parents did not make a distinction between technical excellence and content, the whole of much great art has been rejected with scorn and ridicule. Instead, if the artist's technical excellence is high, he is to be praised for this, even if we differ with his world view. Man must be treated fairly as man. Francis A. Schaeffer
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When the artist is viewed as a man, rather than as an artist. It's okay to disagree on some things, but nothing is okay to take away the greatness of the work. The better the work, the more we should appreciate it and honor it. We must keep making art, even if we disagree with this artist's viewpoints on life.

Source: Art & The Bible

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