[Cro Dreoilin] Up for Discussion: Do the Gods need worship?

[Sebastian]

In order to answer this question I admit that I checked the dicitonary for
a specific definition of "worship" to understand the nuances of that term.
There is the obvious connotation of prostrating before the gods which seems
to be why many pagans cringe at the term. However, there is one possible
definition that seems to answer this question of "what do you mean by
worship?" in my own perspective. "formal or ceremonious rendering of [...]
honor and homage". Now, on to the bigger question of need. If we aproach
need as the idea that without our worship of them that they would fall into
disrepair or that they are so proud that they require veneration for
sustenance, I would say no. My answer would come from the perspective of
building a relationship as you would with another person. In order to build
a healthy relationship with another human, there is an amount of give and
take, and this is where the "need" comes in to play. I wish to build a
strong, healthy relationship with the gods and ancestors and my half of the
give and take comes in the form of tanks, offerings, veneration and plain
"good ole fashion'd conversation". So, in short, if you desire not to have
a relationship with the gods, then no, they do not need worship.

~Sebastian

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Norman <planner1968 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am on the jump to run my day today but here are a few cent of my
> thoughts on it. I do think that every deity needs attention. How does that
> look and what is considered worship/ attention? If I ask my deity for
> something and that's it, that in my opinion is not attention or worship or
> however you call it. It's more about paying more attention about the
> happenings,signs and communications in your life and how you engage with
> them. You thank your deities, maybe even write a little thank you note for
> a start. Just as you do with the people. Get into a dialog. At a later
> point I will write more but now on my way into the world conquering my
> kingdom:-)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 15, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Chris and Kelley <
> chris.n.kelley at astronomytower.net> wrote:
>
> > In the interest of getting more discussion going on this list, we're
> going to start posting some topics for talk.
> >
> > Our first topic: Do the Gods need worship?
> >
> > This is not just a yes or no answer; there are lot of questions in this
> one question. Consider:  Which Gods are we talking about? What do we mean
> by "need"? What do we mean by "worship"?
> >
> > Have at it.
> >
> > -- Chris and Kelley.
> >
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