(January 7, 2015 at 12:55 pm)Invisible Sky Fairy Wrote: God has an ego the size of the American continents and will throw a hissy fit and torture you if you don't.I think it is unreasonable to disparage the all powerful God of all creation as an egomaniac. If you can make it stick, it ain't bragging. Though it might be imaginary.
I agree with the OP that the only plausible motivation for worship is the hope of getting something out of it for yourself or others. It might be personal safety for your loved ones or negotiable securities for yourself. There are, no doubt, things I'd grovel for, but I'd like to have at least SOME indication that the benefits are real and the grovelling is effective.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? 
