What makes something worthy of worship?

[Kerr]

This God has also promised to make a paradise out of this earth, with perfect people living forever, with unending happiness and fruitful work and unending enteresting endevors to spend our time, and praising our God, who is not only Allpowerful, but also Merciful, Kind, generous, longsuffering, each of these qualities being absolute.
Wo else but Jehovah God would anyone who really knows Him, want to worship???

I don´t like bribes .

 

[Erebus]

But I'm not saying what single attribute... and besides I don't see how it's relevant because worship seems like a conscious behavior whereas love is a feeling that one has... unless I'm missing something

To be honest that depends on how you interpret worship. For some people you are quite right, it's a conscious and sometimes even emotionless task. Personally I feel there is little difference between love and worship, both should be emotional and should come naturally.

But then I guess I am in the minority on that opinion.

 

[Riverwolf]

There has to be a sufficient condition...

Well, if you're looking for one that everyone can agree upon, you won't find it.

After all, some kids found Edward from Twilight worthy of worship.

 

[Atomist]

To be honest that depends on how you interpret worship. For some people you are quite right, it's a conscious and sometimes even emotionless task. Personally I feel there is little difference between love and worship, both should be emotional and should come naturally.

But then I guess I am in the minority on that opinion.

so you are saying "I worship my parents" is not very different to "I love my parents".

Well, if you're looking for one that everyone can agree upon, you won't find it.

After all, some kids found Edward from Twilight worthy of worship.

... let me try again... For you.

 

[blackout]

I think ultimate Love Making
is an act of Worship.

This, in a more traditional sense
than I usually use the word (Worship)--
ie- Bowing/Bending/Kneeling down in Adoration/
Total unbridaled giving/recieving,
purpose "to Please"
done out of Total Love and Devotion.

 

[Riverwolf]

... let me try again... For you.

Okay, then. Now we have a parameter that can be used.

For me, what makes someone worthy of worship is whether or not he or she is wise, compassionate, and humble.

 

[blackout]

I can also Wershape a person
by shaping mySelf (in some way)
to their words/word.

A person who weilds word with power and beauty
commands my adoration. :bow:
(and inevitably altars/alters me)

 

[Atomist]

Okay, then. Now we have a parameter that can be used.

For me, what makes someone worthy of worship is whether or not he or she is wise, compassionate, and humble.

So lets say your father falls under that category for sake of argument... do you think it would be fair to say you would worship your father in such a case.

 

[Riverwolf]

So lets say your father falls under that category for sake of argument... do you think it would be fair to say you would worship your father in such a case.

Sure, if he proved to be such. I mean, I did worship my parents very much as a child.

And by the way, I don't mean simply having those traits; I mean pretty much embodying them, that those traits of compassion, wisdom, and humility are part of their very being.

 

[Atomist]

Sure, if he proved to be such. I mean, I did worship my parents very much as a child.

And by the way, I don't mean simply having those traits; I mean pretty much embodying them, that those traits of compassion, wisdom, and humility are part of their very being.

Thats interesting... because I don't think anything make make something worthy of worship... infact I think the whole concept of worship seems juvenile at best and at worst dangerous and destructive to the individual.

 

[Penumbra]

What traits/actions/qualities does an agent have to have for one to worship such an agent? Is there any thing that such an agent could have that is worth worship instead of just great praise.

The better something is and the more worthy it is of worship, the less it would desire to be worshiped.

So, nothing is worthy of worship, because those that want it to do not deserve it, and those that are truly remarkable would not desire it. "Great praise" and admiration are sufficient for something that is truly good.

 

[ellenjanuary]

What traits/actions/qualities does an agent have to have for one to worship such an agent? Is there any thing that such an agent could have that is worth worship instead of just great praise.

Short answer? God.

Long answer? Well... I quite literally "worship Gwyneth Paltrow," but she didn't do nuffink. Ten years ago, I drew her likeness, and she made me smile, and I've been smiling ever since. But there is love in that equation. Regardless of definition and agency, it doesn't seem to me that "worship" can be a term with meaning without love.

 

[Erebus]

so you are saying "I worship my parents" is not very different to "I love my parents".

Not quite what I meant. Both should come naturally and should be emotionally charged, not a monotonous task.

 

[Riverwolf]

Thats interesting... because I don't think anything make make something worthy of worship... infact I think the whole concept of worship seems juvenile at best and at worst dangerous and destructive to the individual.

Oh?

How do you define worship? 'Cause I fail to see how such an extreme is possible.

 

[Storm]

What traits/actions/qualities does an agent have to have for one to worship such an agent? Is there any thing that such an agent could have that is worth worship instead of just great praise.

1) Define worship.

2) I think this is one of those questions more easily answered in the negative....

 

[dust1n]

What traits/actions/qualities does an agent have to have for one to worship such an agent? Is there any thing that such an agent could have that is worth worship instead of just great praise.

The agent need nothing. People are willing to worship near whatever you put in front of them.

 

[Riverwolf]

The agent need nothing. People are willing to worship near whatever you put in front of them.

Exactly.

Sports teams don't need worship, but that doesn't stop a bunch of sports fans.

 

[Atomist]

Oh?

How do you define worship? 'Cause I fail to see how such an extreme is possible.

Probably similar to Idolize.... love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess

 

[Storm]

Atomist, you may find this thread of interest: Non-Theistic Worship

 

[Zadok]

I believe emulation to be the highest and most advanced form of worship. I believe we all should emulate (worship) the best we can find. I would also purport that what entertains us is one of our highest forms of worship and emulation. I have long been concerned with the worship of violence in our society.

Zadok