{"id":41471,"date":"2015-04-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/from-point-of-view-of-god\/"},"modified":"2015-04-01T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T12:00:00","slug":"from-point-of-view-of-god","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/from-point-of-view-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Point of View of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#39;ve all at least seen it, if not participated&mdash;the bizarre trend of taking pictures of our food to share on social media. But what is the most popular angle to take these pictures from, and what does it say about us?<\/p>\n\n<p>Edith Young, in an article in <em>Vice<\/em>, uses her background in photography and art history to help explain this question: Why are all those Instagram food photos shot from above? 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