why would god want us to worship him?

*blinks*

Parts of the Good Book are metaphors. Do you honestly think all Christians believe the world was created in 7 days? That's soo 16 century

You first decide what you want to believe-- including your values, your sense of right and wrong, your view of science and your judgements about what other people should or shouldn't do.

Then you pick out just the parts Bible that support your personal beliefs. You can either explain away the other parts, or just ignore them.

This is what makes the Christian religion so popular.

ebrown_p wrote:

You first decide what you want to believe-- including your values, your sense of right and wrong, your view of science and your judgements about what other people should or shouldn't do.

Then you pick out just the parts Bible that support your personal beliefs. You can either explain away the other parts, or just ignore them.

This is what makes the Christian religion so popular.

Popularity has absolutely no bearing on whether or not something is true... belief in Zeus was quite popular once, too....

Popularity is everything.

Truth doesn't matter in religion. Zues may just be the real king of the gods, but no one worships him anymore-- so what does it matter. Jesus is raking in the big bucks these days... what does it matter if he really existed or not?

neologist wrote:

Were you to pay attention to the bible, you would understand that a great part of the central issue in the universe is Satan's desire for man to worship him. All that is necessary in that respect is for folks to direct their worship to any thing or god other than Jehovah.

Worship directed to Satan will have the same consequence it had for Adam and Eve: eventual death.

Worship directed to the true God will lead to everlasting life. This explains Jesus' statement at John 17:3.

But there are other holy books in other parts of the world that say the same thing. What if I have chosen to worship the wrong god? What if I spend my whole life pining after Yahweh, but then I arrive at the pearly gates only to find Baal. And what if he's reeeeally reeeeally pissed off that I was off whoring with his rival god?

Seems its better not to pick sides and just focus on living a good life on earth.

OGIONIK wrote:

Doesnt that mean he has an ego? if he loved us wouldnt he rather have our respect and admiration? not our prostration?

There is no evidence that God wants or needs worship.

OGIONIK wrote:

Doesnt that mean he has an ego? if he loved us wouldnt he rather have our respect and admiration? not our prostration?

Without enforced worship, do you think anyone would remember about God?

Anyway, how would you like it if your kid keeps asking for stuff, but then doesn't respect you? Like in religion, God gives mankind so much, shouldn't we have to respect him so much more?

Who says that "god" wants anyone to worship him/her/it? Certainly the priests and preachers say so.

Setanta wrote:

Who says that "god" wants anyone to worship him/her/it? Certainly the priests and preachers say so.

excellent point, which goes to show people are following the word of man, not the word of any god.

stlstrike3 wrote:

neologist wrote:

Were you to pay attention to the bible, you would understand that a great part of the central issue in the universe is Satan's desire for man to worship him. All that is necessary in that respect is for folks to direct their worship to any thing or god other than Jehovah.

Worship directed to Satan will have the same consequence it had for Adam and Eve: eventual death.

Worship directed to the true God will lead to everlasting life. This explains Jesus' statement at John 17:3.

But there are other holy books in other parts of the world that say the same thing. What if I have chosen to worship the wrong god? What if I spend my whole life pining after Yahweh, but then I arrive at the pearly gates only to find Baal. And what if he's reeeeally reeeeally pissed off that I was off whoring with his rival god?

Seems its better not to pick sides and just focus on living a good life on earth.

Well, you could choose to worship Baal the way in which the Canaanites worshipped him. But have you thought that through?

stlstrike3 wrote:

neologist wrote:

Were you to pay attention to the bible, you would understand that a great part of the central issue in the universe is Satan's desire for man to worship him. All that is necessary in that respect is for folks to direct their worship to any thing or god other than Jehovah.

Worship directed to Satan will have the same consequence it had for Adam and Eve: eventual death.

Worship directed to the true God will lead to everlasting life. This explains Jesus' statement at John 17:3.

But there are other holy books in other parts of the world that say the same thing. What if I have chosen to worship the wrong god? What if I spend my whole life pining after Yahweh, but then I arrive at the pearly gates only to find Baal. And what if he's reeeeally reeeeally pissed off that I was off whoring with his rival god?

Seems its better not to pick sides and just focus on living a good life on earth.

Well, you could choose to worship Baal the way in which the Canaanites worshipped him. But have you thought that through?

neologist wrote:

stlstrike3 wrote:

neologist wrote:

Were you to pay attention to the bible, you would understand that a great part of the central issue in the universe is Satan's desire for man to worship him. All that is necessary in that respect is for folks to direct their worship to any thing or god other than Jehovah.

Worship directed to Satan will have the same consequence it had for Adam and Eve: eventual death.

Worship directed to the true God will lead to everlasting life. This explains Jesus' statement at John 17:3.

But there are other holy books in other parts of the world that say the same thing. What if I have chosen to worship the wrong god? What if I spend my whole life pining after Yahweh, but then I arrive at the pearly gates only to find Baal. And what if he's reeeeally reeeeally pissed off that I was off whoring with his rival god?

Seems its better not to pick sides and just focus on living a good life on earth.

Well, you could choose to worship Baal the way in which the Canaanites worshipped him. But have you thought that through?

It was not just Canaanites who worshipped Baal, many of the Jews did as well. However, Judeo-Christian propagandists like to overlook that.