RE: why worship god?
May 19, 2012 at 5:02 pm
(This post was last modified: May 19, 2012 at 5:05 pm by StatCrux.)
(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
You seem to be viewing this as a kind of slave/master relationship, I think the term "worship" is being misunderstood. It should be seen as a reciprocal relationship, a poor analogy would be "he worships his wife" Worship of God is essentially being in a joyous celebration of the existence of life. God provides our very being, in turn we reciprocate this love by saying thankyou (worship) not because we are told to, but because we want to. A man doesn't love his wife because he must, it's because by giving love he finds joy and peace.
