I do not believe God expects us to kneel, or grovel before him
See this old post of mine:
worshipping is not grovelling
I agree. An omnipotent god needs absolute nothing from us. This includes kneeling and groveling.
Worship - show reverence and adoration for (a deity); honor with religious rites.
Having reverence for God is one thing. Adoring or honoring God is having a lack of reverence in my opinion. This is because it assumes God wants to be adored or God wants to be honored. Any god who needs to be adored or honored is a lesser god.
We are all attracted or drawn to God because it fulfills our desire to experience His absolute beauty and perfection. God's perfection is a cure for our own imperfection. This is why God is so popular.
However, there is a darker side to a religion built on obedience to authority. I think this may be my least favorite aspect of Christianity. Monarchy is a form of government. I find it just amazingly self-serving the form of government found the King James Bible is exactly the one King James was trying to legitimize. I will never be able to get past King James writings on this subject:
http://home.lagrange.edu/mturner/hum2/James_I_Divine.pdf
King James was advocating the divine rights of kings.
Divine right of kings - Wikipedia
"The divine right of kings, divine right, or God's mandate is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. It stems from a specific metaphysical framework in which the king (or queen) is pre-selected as an heir prior to his birth; by pre-selecting the king's physical manifestation, the governed populace actively (rather than merely passively) hands the metaphysical selection of the king's soul – which will inhabit the body and thereby rule them – over to God. In this way, the "divine right" originates as a metaphysical act of humility or submission towards the Godhead.
Consequentially, it asserts that a monarch (e.g. a king) is subject to no earthly authority, deriving the right to rule directly from a divine authority, like the monotheist will of God. The monarch is thus not subject to the will of his people, of the aristocracy, or of any other estate of the realm. It implies that only divine authority can judge an unjust monarch and that any attempt to depose, dethrone or restrict their powers runs contrary to God's will and may constitute a sacrilegious act. It is often expressed in the phrase "by the Grace of God", attached to the titles of a reigning monarch; although this right does not make the monarch the same as a sacred king. The divine right has been a key element for legitimising many absolute monarchies."
The Bible is government propaganda in support of monarchy. The phase "by the Grace of God" and "Your grace" are all social conditioning propaganda. You cannot have a Lord without slaves. The idea of exalting, worshiping, and absolute loyalty to the "Lord" punishable by eternal suffering for not obeying is just social conditioning to be transferred to King James. I think the Bible was written by men so the men in power can use it to condition the masses to be obedient to authority.
What King James wanted was for people to worship God with obedience, loyalty, and subjugation to authority so he could then step in and claim he was not only a human being, a king, but he was actually a manifestation of God himself in human form. This has been going on for thousands of years. The king gets people to believe he is God. And then the king gets people to fight wars in order to create an empire. Millions of people die because people crave subjugation.
I doubt very much our omnipotent God of unconditional love requires anything from us which includes to worship Him in any capacity. Reverence yes, adulation and honoring no. Reverence is just reverence. Worship includes more than just reverence. Worship is an act of obedience in relationship to authority.
Maybe I'm wrong and I will suffer eternal damnation. But until then I will continue to have faith in an omnipotent God of unconditional love who is not looking to enslave me.
