the meaning of worship is adoration or reverence. I guess even people with no belief in God may worship themselves or other people even?
Have we been born with an innate desire to worship?
2006-09-25 19:25:41 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think so. Everyone has something they adore. For me it is Dale Jr. and NASCAR. :) He he!
Edited to add: people who claim to adore or admire no one or nothing must be void of personality. Seriously. Do you collect something? Usually if you are a collector of anything you have some adoration for whatever it is you collect. Do you have a favorite show you just can't miss? Do you have a favorite artist who inspires you? Do you have a favorite band that you just love? All of that brings about a sense of adoration,admiration or in extreme cases--worship. So anyone who claims to have none of that for anything must be really dull and boring.
2006-09-25 19:34:46 · answer #1 · answered by Amelia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Worship means to consider & declare oneself lowly & helpless before a thing or a person and to consider & declare it/him as the omnipotent, the saviour, and the protector.
When a person prefers someone else upon the Lord and considers him as the saviour, the omnipotent, the protector, like that of the Lord, then, he virtually adopts the way of Satan, leaving aside the path shown by the Lord, the Holy One. Such a person, practically, seeks help/protection/prosperity from the creature instead of the Creator and thereby stamps himself, by his own hands, as an enemy of the Lord, the Holy One.
To seek help or refuge from a person, other than the Lord, considering him as the Omnipotent-Protector OR to pray or beseech before him, for expulsion of some grief or loss, and extension of some relief or gain___ is all and all___ nothing else but the worship. That is the consolidated verdict of Torah (the Law of Moses), Bhagavad-Gita, the Book of Psalms, the Gospels, the Quran and all the Scriptures. People of all the Scriptures should, therefore, resort to their Scriptures and the Message of Monotheism, contained therein. They must realize, in letter and spirit, that Omnipotent-Protector and the Creator is none, but One, the Holy One, alone. And___ worship is meant for the Creator alone___ not for the creature, the prophets, the gods, the goddesses, the idols or so on.
All-Alone Lord means that there is no God beside the All-Alone Lord. This fundamental lesson has been, altogether, forgotten while everyone knows that none on the earth or in heavens or between the both___ is greater than the Lord, the One God. Instead, every creature is lowly and helpless before the Lord.
Besides that, everyone knows that whatsoever is created___ is created by the Lord, alone. Who is the Omnipotent-Protector. Even then, the masses do not establish the pure and pious worship of the Lord. Nor they act upon the Commandments of the Lord. They do act__ but__ upon their self-assumed, satanic ways. They are the servants of Satan___ not of the Lord.
At present stage of human history, when the continued work of the Godly-guidance stands, already, perfected in terms of the long series of prophets and their Scriptures. And__ the Day of Judgement is also at hand. The masses must review, all and all of that, which is being maintained by them; in the name of faith and belief.
The ignorant must pay heed to the Scriptures and the Message of Monotheism, contained therein. Still there is some time for the Repentive Recourse to reform and recognize the actual purpose of life including the actualisation thereof.
Jesus (PBUH) had given this message in his prayer on the cross (The Psalm 22)
“Praise the Lord, you servants of the Lord
Honour the Lord,
You descendants of Jacob
Worship the Lord, you people of Israel.”
(The Psalm 22:23)
It means that praise is meant for the Lord alone. And___ to honour the Lord means to obey the Lord in terms of the Lord’s Commandments and to worship the Lord means to seek help and refuge from the Lord as the Lord is the Omnipotent-Protector alone. And___ that is the sole purpose of human life.
2006-09-25 20:26:50 · answer #2 · answered by ibn adam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Worship"--functions directly in a religious context; it CAN be used more generally, but if you look into the nuances of all these words--adore, revere, idolize & so on, worship is almost exclusive to religion. I suspect many people have a desire to worship, a "higher power"--that sort of thing--to satify questions that have no answers. Sort of like, when something can't be logically explained, "It's the will of God." If that gives them comfort, go for it. I have admired, respected, valued & loved many things, but have never had a desire to "worship"...
2006-09-25 20:00:13 · answer #3 · answered by Valac Gypsy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, your definition is so broad, it would also be safe to say that everyone has an innate desire to hate or what have you. I would disagree that everyone has the desire to worship a higher being or to worship a spirit or anything like that. But it is human nature to adore something.
2006-09-25 20:40:00 · answer #4 · answered by Existence 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not everyone worships something. Worship is something that belongs only to a God, and as I don't believe in a God, I worship nothing. I simply accept things as they are, nothing more.
There is a world of difference between being fond of something or someone and worship. Worship is to set above and beyond. I may think Jean-Paul Sartre is a nifty philosopher, but he was just a man, not worthy of my worship.
2006-09-25 19:34:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I think mankind are created with a desire to worship in order to facilitate the Holy Ghost. Because we are free to choose, if we do not choose God, we choose something else.
2006-09-25 19:34:12 · answer #6 · answered by reformed 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe humans have an inherent need to worship. That is looking outside yourself for answers that you have within.
2006-09-25 19:38:49 · answer #7 · answered by talouse9 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do believe in God.
And i think thats its human nature to believe in something greater than urself. However that doesnt meant that god doesnt exist
2006-09-25 19:36:41 · answer #8 · answered by maltease14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i absolutely think yes, we have been. i also believe we have been given an innate desire to seek out a diety figure. why would that be instinctual for us, if there wasnt a reason for it?
2006-09-25 19:29:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, i dont worship someone or something.
i do not believe in a God etc
2006-09-25 19:29:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋