Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes.
There's probably some semantic confusion associated with the term "worship".
In your thread title you use "Worship/love" implying that these are similar terms. In other words, you view "worship" as simply meaning to love and/or honor. For some people the term "worship" has an ugly fascist meaning. This is because of the Abrahamic religions where a jealous God demands to be worshiped (i.e. revered and obeyed) lest he'll punish you severely.
So many people associate the term "worship" with a deity what is demanding to be obeyed, lest he'll harm you, etc.
However, if your are using the term "worship" to simply mean to love, or even "stand in awe of", then to love and cherish life is to 'worship' the universe. Whether it be a living deity or not.
The universe certainly created us, so it cannot be denied that the universe is our "creator" whether it's sentient or not.
And of course, if there is an entity beyond the universe that created the universe then that entity would be our 'grand creator'.
Atheism is not supposed to be a belief that there could not have been any possible 'grand creator'. Atheism is simply supposed to mean "without a belief in any specific theism".
However, there most certainly do exist people who call themselves "atheists" but are truly "anti-theists".
Not only do they not believe in a specific theism, but they take the stance that there cannot even possibly exist a viable theism.
They are truly "anti-theists" not merely "atheists".
Yes, an atheist can indeed 'worship and or love' a God. Especially if they don't claim to necessarily have a specific "theism" that describes the God in detail. If they have a detailed "theism" (such as the Hebrew fables of a God), then it would be incorrect for them to claim to be an "atheist" because they clearly believe in a very specific dogmatic "theism".
How could they claim to be without a 'theism' if they are worshiping a particular specific theism? That's would be a clear misuse of the term.
I think that someone who believes that there may be some truth to mysticism could quality as an 'atheist' since mysticism itself does not claim to necessarily be a 'theism'. On the contrary it claims that the spiritual essence of reality is ultimately unknowable. Therefore it hardly qualifies as a detailed "theism".
That's my thoughts on these terms.
In truth a person can do whatever they want.
If you feel like 'worshiping' or 'loving' some spiritual essence of reality, by all means do so. You don't need anyone's permission.
Christian - A moron who believes that an all-benevolent God can simultaneously be a hateful jealous male-chauvinistic pig.
Wiccan - The epitome of cerebral evolution having mastered the magical powers of the universe and is in eternal harmony with the mind of God.
Atheist - An ill-defined term that means something different to everyone who uses it.
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Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Clearly Jesus (a fictitious character or otherwise) will forgive people if they merely know not what they do
For the Bible Tells us so!
Wiccan - The epitome of cerebral evolution having mastered the magical powers of the universe and is in eternal harmony with the mind of God.
Atheist - An ill-defined term that means something different to everyone who uses it.
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Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Clearly Jesus (a fictitious character or otherwise) will forgive people if they merely know not what they do
For the Bible Tells us so!
