RE: Why worship?
January 11, 2015 at 1:02 pm
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2015 at 1:03 pm by watchamadoodle.)
I haven't read this thread, so sorry if these ideas have been covered.
I've thought about the meaning of "worship". In the Eastern Orthodox church there are icons of saints. People bow to and kiss the icons, and they often address their prayers to saints. They say it is "reverence" instead of "worship". So even while I was Orthodox, I thought "worship" was hard to define. How is kissing an icon of Jesus worship and kissing an icon of John the Baptist reverence?
IMO, worship is related to feudalism. As I understand it, the ceremony for becoming a knight involved kneeling and allowing your lord to touch a sword to your shoulder. The knight is giving the lord the opportunity to chop his head off. Worship is about completely surrendering, obeying, depending for sustenance, etc.
I've thought about the meaning of "worship". In the Eastern Orthodox church there are icons of saints. People bow to and kiss the icons, and they often address their prayers to saints. They say it is "reverence" instead of "worship". So even while I was Orthodox, I thought "worship" was hard to define. How is kissing an icon of Jesus worship and kissing an icon of John the Baptist reverence?
IMO, worship is related to feudalism. As I understand it, the ceremony for becoming a knight involved kneeling and allowing your lord to touch a sword to your shoulder. The knight is giving the lord the opportunity to chop his head off. Worship is about completely surrendering, obeying, depending for sustenance, etc.
