Is Michelangelo trying to tell us that God is in our mind?

As many times as I have seen that scene, I never before realized that God is the only one wearing clothes. That reminds me of a SC preacher (on TV) who said that hell is not burning without being consumed, as so many Christians falsely say. Hell is burning with shame -- the sinful must walk around heaven naked, with their shame exposed for all the righteous to see. The righteous will be given heavenly gowns, and every time a naked person sees one who is dressed, s/he will remember his shame even as the righteous recognize it.

I don't think that Michelangelo believed in God - and had there not been Inquisitions ongoing, he might have dared say so. I think that he believed that something magnificent was within us, but that didn't make it God. It was more like the statue existing in the stone before the first flake was chipped away. Michelangelo believed in man, but the church didn't.

In fact, I think that the final judgment - on the back wall of the chapel - was an artistic rendering of his contempt for the church.

It doesn't matter what Michelangelo is trying to tell anyone. He's only a man, even if a very talented one. But still only a man.

There is no way - physically, psychologically, literally, figuratively, or otherwise - that any human being can "possess" the infinite vastitude, grandeur and wisdom of God into one's own puny finite mind - regardless of their imagination and creativity.

Now that you've pointed it out he was probably saying god is a figment of the imagination

As a matter of interest Delta

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/201...

Delta, Michelangelo takes artistic license--there is no way he can paint a spiritual being--we in the physical cannot see into the spiritual. What he did and what many others have done is to represent "God" in the form of an old wise man---he is not telling us anything but shows great respect for his concept of God and all associated with God. We should do likewise, proper respect for our maker.

@Pyriform

On close examination, borders in the painting correlate with major sulci of the cerebrum in the inner and outer surface of the brain, the brain stem, the frontal lobe, the basilar artery, the pituitary gland and the optic chiasm.

Not really.

While he was painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling with great detail, someone below exclaimed "why would you paint something in such great detail when no one could see it?",

Michaelangelo said, God will see it.

"an anatomically accurate brain"

I take it you are not a brain surgeon.