Art does come from humans, who generally make it in good faith (like religion...) You've got to spend the time to see where they are coming from if you want to

Art does come from humans, who generally make it in good faith (like religion...) You've got to spend the time to see where they are coming from if you want to understand what they have produced. Even then, de gustibus non est disputandum. The term "Courtier's Reply" was apparently invented by a high-profile and argumentative atheist, PZ Myers, and it's specific to that debate. (Personally I can't think of a more pointless and unprovable hypothesis than the atheism one, though I'm not religious.)