"So, do you wear nice clothes to church or what?"
Sorry for being slow SD.
I wear good clothes.
But have you never seen church turn into a vain fashion show with everyone preening in the Sunday best? I have. And I seen poor folks come in and feel so underdressed that they leave - and fail to hear God's word.
That's all you need to say to undercut your own argument. You try to put your best out there. You recognize what is nice and good. What is beautiful.
So you know, deep down, that beauty is not an enemy of God and there is nothing wrong with tapping into beauty in the worship of Him.
(Of course, we don't want to become enamored with beauty to the detriment of God. But that's not the same thing. If we can sing and praise God with our music, we can surely do it with fine art and other things of beauty.)
SD