Can Atheists Worship/love the Divine? Yes.

[downbeatplumb]

I've been thinking about this issue.

Suppose Socrates was a fictionally made character by Plato. We can still respect and honor that character.

Now Suppose he was real, and we thought he was fictional or rather didn't know whether he was fictional or real. If we respect the character describe, and it accurately describes the real person, then our respect for that person would be real.

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...

Then whether they believe he exists or not, or even are strong atheists whom deny such a being exists to do philosophical arguments such as the problem of evil or suffering or bad design...but they acknowledge that the hypothetical being is WORTHY of Worship....

Then they are worshiping that being, whether they know he exists or not.

Nothing and no one has ever been worthy of worship.
Respect yes, atempt to emulate but worship no.
i've never understood this desire for people to endlessly praise things.
Even if it were true that there was a god or some great man who did great deeds then worship would still be odd behaviour in my book.