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Debate: Why does God care if we worship Him or not? Is it His ego? (view source)
Revision as of 16:01, August 6, 2014
, 16:01, August 6, 2014no edit summary
To JamesCA: I agree that it seems that there is a lot of knee-jerk misreading of this question. Here is my answer to it:
To JamesCA: I agree that it seems that there is a lot of knee-jerk misreading of this question. Here is my answer to it:
God wants us to worship Him, not because he has a fragile ego or anything like that. He wants us to worship him because through our devotion to Him, we move closer to him, we travel a path that returns us to him. In other words, He wants us to worship Him for '''our''' sake, not for His. I don't think it's for '''His''' benefit because God is infinite and doesn't need any benefits from us. I hope that helps.
God wants us to worship Him, not because he has a fragile ego or anything like that. He wants us to worship him because through our devotion to Him, we move closer to him, we travel a path that returns us to him. In other words, He wants us to worship Him for '''our''' sake, not for His. I don't think it's for '''His''' benefit because God is infinite and doesn't need any benefits from us. I hope that helps.
==Children==
It is always a pleasure when our children say "Thanks Dad", or "Thanks Mom". It is also a pleasure as a parent to be able to provide good things to our children. Therefore, the benefit being that God, being love, gets the glory of being loved by his creation which firstly, he is fully entitled to as we belong to him, and secondly, we should give because of all the good things we have. Love is a two way street.
Do you have a close friend? Is he/she a close friend because you get to tell them everything or show them everything but there is no feedback, like talking to a crash-test dummy? Of course not! God made us in his image. In other words, think of what makes YOU enjoy the love of your friends and family and compare the same to God. Of course God doesn't NEED us to love him, as he's perfect, but he created us out of an expression of love, as you more than likely would have if you have children.
Best wishes.
[[User:Exwikipediaperson|Exwikipediaperson]] 12:01, 6 August 2014 (EDT)