such thinking is not unique , i know : many ancient religions have held a reverence for the beauty of nature to be a tenet of their faith ; many other organised religions have considered the very denial of such beauty to be a measure of the power of an individuals devotion , hence the great purges of graven images in reformation england or in modern islam , where any manmade , artificial constructs of beauty are considered to be false idols and only serve to distract from the purity of worship .