(May 17, 2012 at 1:01 pm)liam Wrote: I'm sure that the majority of the opposition that has been made against atheism in all of our lifetimes is that there IS a god, however, what perplexes me (besides the obvious issue of there being no reason to agree with this) is why this would necessitate worship? If we assume for a moment that god does exist, why would we be obliged to worship him/her/it? After all, that something was created by something implies no logical reason for worship, If i created the whole being of another human I would not necessarily need to be worshiped for this as I clearly had my own intentions for doing so.
What reasons can you think of for or against this? because I'm at a dead end in terms of the intrinsic value of God, even if it were to exist. Thanks
Hypothetically if God exists, then yes you have to worship it. Otherwise it's eternal suffering for you because the book says so.
I've never understood people that say 'if your god existed I wouldn't worship it anyways'. It's as if their cause is of the most noble kind. What they don't realise is that if god X exists then holy book X is the absolute truth. So why not just go with it.. As silly as reality might seem from then on.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
