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What could a omnipotent God want with the worship of humans?

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What could a omnipotent God want with the worship of humans?
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#51
RE: What could a omnipotent God want with the worship of humans?
November 23, 2014 at 7:03 pm
The kind of people that think they have all the answers, and if they plot out a kid's entire life they're sure that kid will succeed. Or maybe the kind of person who just wants to relive their childhood through their kid.

People who are more concerned about what their child does, than who their child is.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: What could a omnipotent God want with the worship of humans?
November 23, 2014 at 7:10 pm
(November 23, 2014 at 5:31 pm)dyresand Wrote: The hell kind of person would want their kids to worship them....
I don't think I've ever known a person who wanted his kids to worship him. That, to me, implies a level of obeisance that they reserve for gods or idols (in the latter case, it being seen as an unhealthy obsession). I think most parents want their children to love and respect them, and to show this by becoming a success as they grow up. A god could want this from his creation ("sons and daughters"), but that's not the same as demanding worship on pain of eternal punishment.

And depending on the belief system, it's possible that the only thing that god demands is worship; for those denominations that accept deathbed conversions, how you lived has no bearing on your eternal fate: whether or not you agreed to worship forever is the only thing that matters.
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Re: RE: What could a omnipotent God want with the worship of humans?
November 23, 2014 at 7:11 pm
(November 20, 2014 at 9:55 am)Drich Wrote: We are made in God's image

Then why aren't we invisible?
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#54
RE: What could a omnipotent God want with the worship of humans?
November 23, 2014 at 7:31 pm
(November 23, 2014 at 7:11 pm)KUSA Wrote:
(November 20, 2014 at 9:55 am)Drich Wrote: We are made in God's image

Then why aren't we invisible?

Or why do we have bodies?

The early Hebrews probably saw their gods as having a human body like the Greeks envisioned their deities.
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RE: What could a omnipotent God want with the worship of humans?
November 23, 2014 at 7:37 pm
'Love me or else...' isn't a good solution. Such kind of worship looks more as a way to stroke one's ego.
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RE: What could a omnipotent God want with the worship of humans?
November 23, 2014 at 7:47 pm
(November 23, 2014 at 7:11 pm)KUSA Wrote:
(November 20, 2014 at 9:55 am)Drich Wrote: We are made in God's image

Then why aren't we invisible?

Also why aren't we killing and smiting people?
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RE: What could a omnipotent God want with the worship of humans?
November 24, 2014 at 2:23 am
o.p. Wrote:What could a omnipotent God possible want with human worship?
The simple answer is entertainment. He has likely conjured up a tv which the human race is on 24/7. We are in his image :p which is why we prefer the walking dead and other gory entertainment that is based on the suffering of humans.
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RE: What could a omnipotent God want with the worship of humans?
November 24, 2014 at 8:21 am
Humans have a needy ego which craves acceptance, gods could not have this weakness and be all powerful and god like.
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RE: What could a omnipotent God want with the worship of humans?
November 24, 2014 at 12:17 pm
(November 23, 2014 at 7:47 pm)dyresand Wrote: Also why aren't we killing and smiting people?

Speak for yourself. Devil
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