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Old 01-28-2006, 03:48 PM
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Hi all,

My kid asked me a couple of questions that got me thinking today, so I thought I would collect some thoughts.
You have an extremely bright kid.

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Does God need or want people to worship Him? Why? What difference would it make to him?
If we are talking of the God of Jews and Christians then yes God does command and desire worship.
The Ten Commandments are evidence along side dozens of other biblical verses which attest to his desire to savour the sweet aromal of burning goats.

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What would He think of the concept of religion? What would He think of all the different religions? Would He even care?
Again according to the Bible God invented religion.
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Old 01-28-2006, 03:57 PM
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HELLO .
how are you??
iam a new here. i hope that you accept me as a friend of you here .
i wanted to tell you that the answers of your Qs is in islam .
and every faith there has its proof.
see WWW.ISLAMTOMORROW.COM
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Hi all,

My kid asked me a couple of questions that got me thinking today, so I thought I would collect some thoughts.

Does God need or want people to worship Him? Why? What difference would it make to him?

What would He think of the concept of religion? What would He think of all the different religions? Would He even care?

This isn't intended as a flame, I really would like to hear opinions.
In the Baha`i Faith one of our daily obligatory prayers goes like this:
"I bear witness, O my God, that Thous hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify at this moment to my poverty and to Thy wealth, to my powerlessness and to Thy might. There is none other God but Thee, the Help-in-Peril, the Self-Subsisting."

So I say, yes tht is what we should do. Perhaps His concern is that it is good for us, not neccesary for Him, that all those religions are in fact ONE religion, and He must care or He would not constantly renew that covenant with mankind.

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Wow.

Lots of responses. It would be interesting to get all of you in one room and see what happens

After giving this some more thought and seeing the answers, I'm still not sure. Personally, the relationship between Man and God can be a loving one, there's no problem with that. What gets me is why God would want or need to be worshipped. I mean...he's God. Does He really need anything?

If I created something, I'd be fond of it for sure, but I'm not sure I would want to listen to people worship me for eternity. So the queston becomes...should we worship the ideals of God, or God himself? Or is that the same thing in people's minds?
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What gets me is why God would want or need to be worshipped. I mean...he's God. Does He really need anything?
This a the paradox of the concept of "God".
It doesn`t make sense but thats religion for ya.

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If I created something, I'd be fond of it for sure, but I'm not sure I would want to listen to people worship me for eternity. So the queston becomes...should we worship the ideals of God, or God himself? Or is that the same thing in people's minds?
The Abrahamic God does state over and over again that he/himself requires worship.
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I remember something about the smell of burning lambs pleased him, then he hated someone else for giving him vegetables or something.... in genesis I think. Bit of a sadist if you ask me....
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It should come as no surprise that I say you should forget all about worship. If you are hung up on the worship thingy, then you pretty well have to go with one of the "off the shelf" religions, however mundane. If it floats your boat, go for it.

The ideals of god? Just what exactly is that. All I have ever read are the ideals of Men.
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I think god lves it when we worship him whether it's praying or listening to music god smiles when we do it.
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I'm not sure if God personally NEEDS worship to survive, but He has definitely earned our worship. W/o Him there is no us. As the scriptures say we are even lower than the dust of the earth, because that's what we were created from.
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God does not need us to worship him, We need to worship him. It's for our benefit, not his. For us to know and remind ourselves who God is. To develope a relationship with him.
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