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Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes.
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RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes.
(February 16, 2012 at 6:19 pm)brotherlylove Wrote:
(February 15, 2012 at 6:33 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: In the same way, if Atheists don't believe Maximullly great being exists, but that maximally great being is worthy of highest honor, love, and veneration, which is synonymous with being worthy of Worship...

I don't think this logically follows for most atheists, although they may be able to conceive of receiving such adoration unto themselves.

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I do not think they can imagine a maximally great being because their spiritual eyes are clouded by preconceived notions about deity. It think it is difficult for them to conceive of a being that is truly worthy of praise, and worship, because they reject the notion that there is anything higher than themselves, except perhaps for some vague notion of the grandness and majesty they see in creation.

They see worship as beneath them.

At long last we are in total agreement, Brotherly. Worship stinks of self abdication and so is utterly beneath me. I don't want my dog to worship me let alone a person. I like people to have a backbone. People I find worthy do need to embrace autonomy just as you say.

Even when I was very young and believed in such things I could never imagine that God would want or have need for a sea of worshipers. To what end? What would you do with worship?

I have to imagine that if your God actually did exist and was giving you absolute free will, He would be sorely disappointed with you. He'd wonder why your insecurity drove you to invest so heavily in that magic elixir they call the "bible" and why you allow the charlatans who sell it to enslave and control you.

He would not know what this "judgement day", "hell" or "heaven" is all about but he would surely not endure your company in this or any other life. If you really believe in God, spit on the bible, think for yourself and make yourself worthy to be good company for this God of yours. Don't throw yourself at his feet like teenyboppers before a pop idol. Don't abandon yourself at all. Make yourself worthy. Humility in measure is admirable. Seeking to be nothing is not.
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Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by MysticKnight - February 15, 2012 at 6:33 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Darwinian - February 15, 2012 at 6:40 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Jackalope - February 15, 2012 at 7:26 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Jackalope - February 15, 2012 at 7:40 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Jackalope - February 15, 2012 at 10:19 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Tempus - February 16, 2012 at 2:05 am
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Strongbad - February 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by jason56 - February 15, 2012 at 8:44 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Forsaken - February 15, 2012 at 8:50 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Reforged - February 15, 2012 at 10:43 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by jason56 - February 15, 2012 at 10:56 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Minimalist - February 15, 2012 at 11:56 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Cosmic Ape - February 16, 2012 at 12:22 am
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Darwinian - February 16, 2012 at 6:26 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Whateverist - February 17, 2012 at 12:52 am
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by genkaus - February 17, 2012 at 5:12 am
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by padraic - February 16, 2012 at 11:04 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Minimalist - February 16, 2012 at 11:55 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by padraic - February 17, 2012 at 7:06 am
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by LarissaAnn - February 17, 2012 at 11:04 am
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by padraic - February 17, 2012 at 6:17 pm
RE: Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes. - by Thorham - February 18, 2012 at 1:09 am

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