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11-01-2004, 12:53 PM
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Worship
Do we all worship something, even if we don't believe in God? Can we be worship free?
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11-01-2004, 12:55 PM
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I think it is in our nature to "worship" something, be it God, money, drugs, celebreties, ourselves.....
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11-01-2004, 04:39 PM
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Well, it depends on what you mean by "worship". Certainly I hold the cosmos in high esteem, but my feelings and actions towards it are vastly different from the worship of believers to their respective gods.
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11-01-2004, 07:48 PM
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Huh...this is a very interesting question, Lightkeeper. I would have to say that I don't feel I really worship anything. I basically agree with Spinkles--there are things that I have great respect for, but by my definition, great respect and worship are not the same.
Here's a little P.S. question: How do you think having something to worship makes a person different from someone who doesn't have anything? Is there a difference?
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. ~Socrates
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#5
11-01-2004, 08:16 PM
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11-01-2004, 08:26 PM
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Honestly Lightkeeper, I don't think I worship anything. I mean, I'm wracking my brain here, but there is nothing that I hold in higher esteem than everything else. I could say that I worship love or something like that, but then I might have to go paint a picture of babie bunnies in a field of wild flowers with a rainbow in the sky, while reading the latest by Nicholas Sparks to complete the girly, sappy trend. (j/k)
Seriously though.....there is not one thing that I consider to be a constant in my life, which I cannot live without (would that be suitable criteria for something worthy of worship?). Even love, it seems, has made cameo appearances in my life at best. Who knows--maybe things will change...
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. ~Socrates
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11-01-2004, 08:34 PM
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I have to agree with Ceridwen here. I'm unaware of worshipping anything.
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Then I came back from where I'd been. My room, it looked the same - but there was nothing left between The Nameless and the name. - Leonard Cohen.
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#8
11-01-2004, 08:43 PM
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#9
11-01-2004, 10:44 PM
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Could it be we worship ourselves sometimes?
 I'm of the same opinion as Lightkeeper. I think it's human nature to worship something. And worship doesn't mean bowing down or singing praises or what-have-you. Some people worship celebrities, some worship their spouse, or b/f or g/f, their children, their pets...whatever. The object of worship could be almost anything. Mr. Spinkles, when you are in awe of the cosmos, you are in a way worshipping it. I am a Christian and should therefore worship God--and I do--but not nearly as much as I should. Instead I find myself 'worshipping' other things--such as family members, friends, my time, my freedom, etc., etc. With all due respect to all you atheists--I think athiests worship the power of the mind. Worship is showing immense appreciation for something, because, in one's mind, the object of the worship deserves it. 
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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~Saint Augustine~
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11-01-2004, 11:31 PM
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