Worship: Does God Need it and What's the Point of It?

[TheDarkLordLucifer]

An alter of doom, towers above the light. Behold the eclipse, pitiful sheep shall soon ignite. Satan's flames will burn the weak. Master of the shadows, you are so afraid. He reveals the knowledge you've tried to hide. Satan ascends through the sky as the landscape fades. The battle rages for the church of the frail. Prayers of fools fall into darkness. Victorious again, he shatters thy holy cross. The defeated and idle are cast into the sea. Perched upon a new throne is our dark immortal.

[drevildruid]

Lastly, if God doesn't need us then what was the point of creation? Was it an experiment and He's just seeing it through to the end? Or does it have a purpose? Humans crave the company of others. The worse punishment is living in solitary without any human contact. Then consider that we are made in god's image. So if you follow this train of thought through to it's logical conclusion it seems to me that omnipotence is a very lonely place to be and God craved company. So He created some.

[Estaban333]

@drevildruid He created Angels before us. He didn't need to create us for 'company'. He created us to live for Him and live with Him for ever in eternity and He did this for His own reasons, but for which we have reason to be very glad and to praise and thank Him for doing so.

[drevildruid]

That should be "he created everything and everyone to stave off loneliness". Even though we have free will, if we don't follow God's rules, ultimately we meet with destruction. Either by our own hands or by His. So the concept of free will is just that. A concept and not a reality. Free will is not limitless. It's bound by the need for God to be served, in a certain kind of way and has rewards (given by Him) for doing it this way. Anything else is unacceptable and leads to our demise

[dionstrezlecki]

@drevildruid very well put thought provoking

[drevildruid]

I would slightly disagree with the statement that God doesn't desire worship and is just fine without us. My reason is that if this is so, then why create us in the first place? Why set certain standards for worship? What is acceptable and what is not when relating to the Judeo-Christian concept of God, vs all other religions? It seems to me, that God was indeed lonely so He everything and everyone to stave off that loneliness. But He gave us free will, including the will not to worship Him.

[alexukback]

very interesting always love your videos pray for you brother :)

[Shazoolo]

@alexukback Thank you dear friend.

[FreyaGustava]

Very interesting topic, God's existence is not contingent.

[Pagyptsian]

Wonderful viewpoint. x

[Shazoolo]

@Pagyptsian Thanks for visiting, listening and contributing Pagyptsian.

[UnoRaza]

Is it possible the archeologists, philologists and Israeli historians are correct when they say the Hebrews, Levites to be specific, 'borrowed' the Torah, [Old Testament] when regrouping? This after the Northern tribes were overrun and fled South.

If so what does this mean?

Unfortunately, many Jews interpret this as a validation of atheism; this is false, naturally, and needs to be addressed.

Thanks for some interesting thoughts!

[Tavlo]

Well put Shaz!

[Daniel1RG]

:)  praise