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Originally posted by LDS,
why does a God need worshipping?
Its not so much for his benefit as it is for our benefit. Of all the other things we have on this earth, our cars, our money none of them are a 'sure foundation' all of them are subject to the earth. If our happiness is built on these false idols, where does that leave us when they fail?
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Why are we sent to Hell for not worshipping?
Why is the foolish mans house destroyed when he built on the sand? |
Argument # 1
This argument has been used by all the Jimmy Joneses, and every religion since humanity started worshipping. It's all for our own good. Indeed, this is what the sleezy salesman uses when he rips off grandma for her life savings with some pyramid scheme. It seems an intelligent deity would have better rationale than this, and know it would strike many as a con job. Sometimes I wonder, if Jesus really was the "son of God," if once he entered human form he found out just how difficult it was to be human.
Argument # 2
Maybe what some consider to be a "foolish man" is someone simply learning how to build better houses? We all learn at our own pace, and sometimes it takes someone building a metaphorical house on what many consider to be sand to find out there's a better way. Once again, any deity with an ounce of intelligence would realize all this and also that he has a lot of competition out there and to use the timeless, tiresome tactic of "worship me or else" doesn't work and makes many of us naturally suspicious.
Just another way to look at it all.