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Post Praetorian said:
RicOlie_2 said:
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DominicCobb said:
When I was a Catholic one of things that always confused me was how much we worship God. Like there's some sort of mindset that you absolutely must worship him and if you don't, you'll be punished. And I just feel this is at odds with how God is portrayed as a benevolent figure. If he loves everyone why should he care if they worship him or not. Narcissists usually aren't very nice. So how do you explain this?
I would have to look that up...I know there's an explanation, but I can't think of it off the top of my head. Timdiggerm's answer is part of it though.
If God were infinite love, would anything cause Him to reject a soul into an eternity of suffering?
Alternately, if God were a fact, should anything stop one from worshipping Him fully? For what might be more important than the worship of a being of infinite might?
The first question is one I can't answer myself, because it's one of mine too. ;)
The second is basically what we believe as Catholics, though most of us do a pretty bad job at making worship such a priority. We believe that our sins can be forgiven in confession if we repent of them, so that is probably part of what causes us to slack off. The other part would be due to a lack of faith in God I guess.
Would worshipping a being of infinite might to the fullest extent possible necessarily allow one any respite from the task? Would not such worship fairly be required to be equally infinite in duration?
We believe we can worship God with our actions. Every good thing we do can be for the glory of God, so that is considered a form of worship. Working cheerfully and productively can be worship. Satisfying our bodily needs is sort of like that too because it is a good thing that God wants us to do in order to stay healthy. Since we are supposed to take care of ourselves physically as well as spiritually we cannot be expected to pray 24/7. Recreational time can, if used properly also be used to glorify God. It is also part of taking care of ourselves. Hopefully that answers your question.