Honor, adore and worship. Why?

Yes. I guess I don't understand what you are trying to answer or find out with your thread? Are you attempting to state that you do not?

sozobe wrote:

What is the purpose of worship, though? Is all of its meaning directed towards the entity receiving the worship?

While I don't actively worship anything myself, I think there can be value in the act of worshipping for the worshipper. Meditation, a sense of meaning a purpose, a sense of community, a sense of structure, lots of other things.

So you are saying that it is basically an act of selfishness and self gratification.
Perhaps. Rather shallow though.

Regards
DL

Greatest I am wrote:

sozobe wrote:

What is the purpose of worship, though? Is all of its meaning directed towards the entity receiving the worship?

While I don't actively worship anything myself, I think there can be value in the act of worshipping for the worshipper. Meditation, a sense of meaning a purpose, a sense of community, a sense of structure, lots of other things.

So you are saying that it is basically an act of selfishness and self gratification.
Perhaps. Rather shallow though.

Regards
DL

I think worship can (not always, to be sure) be pretty much opposite of self-gratification, and in many religions that's the point. Sadhus in India divest themselves of worldly possessions and mortify the flesh in a variety of ways. Self-denial and helping others is frequently a cornerstone of worship.

Make up you mind.

“can be value in the act of worshipping for the worshipper.”

Indicates a benefit for the worshiper.

“Self-denial and helping others is frequently a cornerstone of worship.”

This also shows the worshipper feeding his own ego that says, what a good boy am I.

Agreed.

I think this is what "Greatest I am" is struggling with. He/she presents a picture of either yes or no, without consideration for degrees of honor, adoration, or worship.

In addition, Greatest is struggling with his/her internal perception of what observable value must be provided by God, the sun, one's parents, etc. before wasting one's time honoring, adoring, and/or worshipping said object.

Perhaps this is why one of the Jesus archetypes said, have ye forgotten that ye are Gods?

Greatest I am wrote:

Perhaps this is why one of the Jesus archetypes said, have ye forgotten that ye are Gods?

Yes, I think a small light within all of us is God. Why are we looking elsewhere? We are like beings who dove into the ocean eons ago, learned to live as fish do, and now we think we are fish. Remember the little book that came out in, I think the 70s, Jonathon Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach?

It is unfortunate that way to many will just follow some idol or God without doing the search for a true God and yes, it is accessed from within us as the Gnostics used to teach. that is why the Christians killed them and burned their gospels.

Only a fool rebukes a fool

Greatest I am wrote:

It is unfortunate that way to many will just follow some idol or God without doing the search for a true God and yes, it is accessed from within us as the Gnostics used to teach. that is why the Christians killed them and burned their gospels.

A perfect loving God created us in his own image. But, God is spirit, and he created the spirit within us, not these bodies. Lesser gods created this world, and our bodies (who could possibly think otherwise?).

mark noble wrote:

Only a fool rebukes a fool

Thât's what I often think, reading "religious" postings. Nobody knows, every-one tries to convince the other.