As I grow and mature I need less in the way of admiration from others. It is nice to be praised, good to be liked, better to be loved, but none of this is essential to my happiness.
How then, can I take seriously any deity who needs to be worshiped?
Everywhere we look we see conceptions of an all-everything god — the supposed creator of our vast and complex universe — but who needs to be worshiped.
Does this make sense? I think not.
I am a finite fragile being, but I am still able to find happiness without praise from others. Does it makes sense that an infinite all-powerful god cannot do the same?
The Judeo-Christian-Islamic god’s need for worship is extremely ungodly. Such an entity needs competent therapy more than fawning worship.
The personal insufficiency of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic god is sufficient reason to doubt his existence. He smacks more of primitive humanity than anything divine.
But the apologists are quick to inform me I have it backwards. They say we must worship their god for our own benefit, not his. Forgive my bluntness, but they are pulling this idea out of their assholes. It is not the message of their scriptures. Those scriptures are clear. The Judeo-Christian-Islamic god wants, needs, demands to be worshiped, or else.
Do I need to be worshiped? No. Do I need something to worship? No. I am sufficient without it.
January 25, 2006 at 7:13 pm
It’s funny you call God “something” not someone. So if you would have someone to worship can it be me?
I need to be worship and maybe you as the whole person don’t need to be worship but you little friend definitely needs some very tender loving care and eager worshipping from me.
November 22, 2007 at 4:34 pm
The God you describe, and even the God that the scriptures describe is not the God I know. My God loves me and is very merciful and generous to me. He hears my prayers and answers them daily. I have witnessed miracle after miracle at critical moments at of my life as well as subtle little blessings at tender moments unexpectedly . I often wonder why God loves me so much. I know it is not because I am so righteous or anything. I am not. The only reason that makes sense to me is that at a young age, I started to worship Him. My worship of Him made my love for Him grow. The more I love Him, the more he loves me and he shows His love with blessings beyond imaginmation. This is the God I know. I know it with all that I am. I cannot doubt it after all I have seen.