Michelangelo might simply be suggesting that our brain is a piece or extension of God. Or, more provocatively, that God is the creation and projection of the human brain.

With an outstretched finger, God bestows the gift of life to Adam in Michelangelo’s “Creation“ fresco from the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Williamsburg, Va. The overwhelming grandeur, scope and vision of Michelangelo’s miraculous Sistine Chapel ceiling and “The Last Judgment” frescoes transcend reason and defy human capability.

Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel predominantly between 1508 and 1512. His efforts sprawl over the Chapel’s ceilings and walls, recounting scenes from the Bible’s Old Testament.

Michelangelo’s Pietà offers a parable of how human creativity, rightly ordered, gives glory back to God. A Service of EWTN News, Inc.

Michelangelo might simply be suggesting that our brain is a piece or extension of God. Or, more provocatively, that God is the creation and projection of the human brain.

Pretty much everyone is familiar with the "Creation of Adam", even if they might not know that it is a section of a fresco painted by Michelangelo for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the ...

Pretty much everyone is familiar with the "Creation of Adam", even if they might not know that it is a section of a fresco painted by Michelangelo for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the ...

Pretty much everyone is familiar with the "Creation of Adam", even if they might not know that it is a section of a fresco painted by Michelangelo for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the ...