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

[Kelley Forbes]

I think the Gods were not created by us, nor are they an aspect of 
ourselves. It could be considered a bit insulting to some that believe 
that their Gods are separate from them to say that they are 
subconsciously  honoring that divine aspect of themselves.

Chris and I tend to be of the opinion that people get what they expect; 
if they expect to interact with an aspect of themselves, that's what 
they get and if they expect to meet and interact actual Gods, unique and 
separate, then they will get that, instead.


-- Kelley.

Charlotte Blackwood wrote:
> Yes, I'm not the only geek! Woo! :)  EXACTLY, that episode felt very
> judeo-christian.
>
> Regarding the rest of your discussion: in a sense we are all one,
> different facets of a whole.  To quote ST again "we create god in our
> own image"...which I can see in your discussion, as well.  In a sense
> we worship deity to honor that divaine aspect of ourselves, perhaps in
> a archtype, whether consciously or sub-consciously (the case for most
> folks IMHO)...
>
> On 11/15/11, Greyhart <greyhart at castle-luna.com> wrote:
>   
>> This is the sort of relationship I have experienced with Christians. The
>> classic Trek episode, "Who Mourns For Adonis", which I believe is the
>> episode Charlotte referenced, (yes, I'm a Trek Geek) was written about the
>> crew meeting one of the classical Greek Gods, Apollo. It was written from
>> the Christian point of view, where Gods are all powerful, and require humans
>> to worship them in order to exist. This is a very telling attitude that
>> Christians seem to have.
>>     
>
>   
>> I see Deity differently than what I've heard the CR's describe. To me, Deity
>> is ever present, and what we look at and describe as individual Gods, are
>> simply facets of the whole. I also believe that we are Divine, based on the
>> fact that all of creation was formed in a Divine act. Therefore everything
>> within creation must be Divine. In simpler terms, using the Charge of The
>> Goddess, if the Goddess gave birth to all that there is, even though I
>> myself was not part of that original birth, I am Divine by right of
>> inheritance. I am the current culmination of whatever particles, atoms, or
>> molecules that the Goddess gave birth to. Looking at it that way, when we
>> worship the Gods, we are opening the connection between our individual
>> selves, and that great source we call Deity.
>>
>> Do the Gods need or require worship? No, we do.
>>     
>
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