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Debate: Why does God care if we worship Him or not? Is it His ego? (view source)
Revision as of 19:58, July 12, 2011
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Can people please stop misreading the question? The question is NOT asking why we should worship him. It is NOT asking how it benefits us. It is NOT saying we shouldn't worship God (so stop with all the 'you shouldn't worship him out of fear' etc. comments). It is asking if us worshipping God benefits God! <end rant> My answer: It's not our worship which he cares about, but our relationship with him. And our relationship (usually) includes worshipping him. - JamesCA, June 7 2011
Can people please stop misreading the question? The question is NOT asking why we should worship him. It is NOT asking how it benefits us. It is NOT saying we shouldn't worship God (so stop with all the 'you shouldn't worship him out of fear' etc. comments). It is asking if us worshipping God benefits God! <end rant> My answer: It's not our worship which he cares about, but our relationship with him. And our relationship (usually) includes worshipping him. - JamesCA, June 7 2011
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.