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_barrelomonkeys
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Post by _barrelomonkeys »

The Nehor wrote:
Sethbag wrote:
asbestosman wrote:But Sethbag, I though you weren't the Messiah.

It also brings an interesting question to my mind. Does, indeed can, God worship Himself?

I don't understand the concept of God or gods and worship. Why does a God need to be constantly worshipped? Is he some kind of narcissist or something?

What kind of being bothers to create for himself a universe consisting of billions of galaxies, each of which is populated by billions of stars, on untold worlds of which evolve intelligent creatures, all so they can go around constantly exclaiming how great and marvelous this God character is?

Since when is literally everything in the entire universe all about advancing the perception of fantasticality of God?


If you consider worship in the sense only EV style praise gatherings then yes, it is kinda shallow.
Real worship leads to imitation. Praise is healthy. When I find a book I love or a movie that inspires, I want to go share it with someone. Same with God. Then again, if you haven't read the book, seen the movie, or met the God then it seems pretty mindless.


What do you mean by that? Perhaps in those 'praise gatherings' they meet with God?
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Post by _Imwashingmypirate »

The Nehor wrote:
Imwashingmypirate wrote:
asbestosman wrote:But Sethbag, I though you weren't the Messiah.

It also brings an interesting question to my mind. Does, indeed can, God worship Himself?


This doesn't make sence.


Yes and yes


Huh Yes and yes to what??
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Post by _Imwashingmypirate »

asbestosman wrote:
Imwashingmypirate wrote:
asbestosman wrote:But Sethbag, I though you weren't the Messiah.

It also brings an interesting question to my mind. Does, indeed can, God worship Himself?


This doesn't make sence.

Why not? Can you worship yourself? If so, why wouldn't God be able to worship himself? I'm asking whether it's possible for God to worship Himself? I'm also asking if God does answer Himself.

This brought on by The Nehor's barb to Sethbag about Sethbag's manliness.


I am saying it makes no grammarical sence.
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_The Nehor
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Post by _The Nehor »

Imwashingmypirate wrote:
The Nehor wrote:
Imwashingmypirate wrote:
asbestosman wrote:But Sethbag, I though you weren't the Messiah.

It also brings an interesting question to my mind. Does, indeed can, God worship Himself?


This doesn't make sence.


Yes and yes


Huh Yes and yes to what??


He does and can :)
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Post by _Zoidberg »

The fact that Coggins wants to nuke me means I must be doing something right. If he didn't, now would be a good time to re-evaluate my worldview.

Thanks for making my day, Coggs.
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God worshipping himself.

Post by _Imwashingmypirate »

Really. I think when we worship God we are worshipping him wrong and should be worshipping him greater.
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_The Nehor
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Post by _The Nehor »

barrelomonkeys wrote:
The Nehor wrote:
Sethbag wrote:
asbestosman wrote:But Sethbag, I though you weren't the Messiah.

It also brings an interesting question to my mind. Does, indeed can, God worship Himself?

I don't understand the concept of God or gods and worship. Why does a God need to be constantly worshipped? Is he some kind of narcissist or something?

What kind of being bothers to create for himself a universe consisting of billions of galaxies, each of which is populated by billions of stars, on untold worlds of which evolve intelligent creatures, all so they can go around constantly exclaiming how great and marvelous this God character is?

Since when is literally everything in the entire universe all about advancing the perception of fantasticality of God?


If you consider worship in the sense only EV style praise gatherings then yes, it is kinda shallow.
Real worship leads to imitation. Praise is healthy. When I find a book I love or a movie that inspires, I want to go share it with someone. Same with God. Then again, if you haven't read the book, seen the movie, or met the God then it seems pretty mindless.


What do you mean by that? Perhaps in those 'praise gatherings' they meet with God?


They might, I don't know. However it seems shallow to those on the outside as I imagine a Testimony meeting sometimes does. It reminds them of Rush's dittoheads or a political rally around a candidate. My sentece was badly worded. Note egregiousnessness of me grammmaticall errers iin ti.
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Post by _moksha »

Coggins7 wrote:
Did the cheerleader not believe in a future of sister wives, Celestial sex, and the bearing of untold trillions of trillions of spirit babies into all eternity?



Yes, but it gets easier with practice.


After the first million, they just think like to watch Celestial soap operas and think of Brad Pitt or something.
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Post by _asbestosman »

Imwashingmypirate wrote:
asbestosman wrote:
Imwashingmypirate wrote:
asbestosman wrote:But Sethbag, I though you weren't the Messiah.

It also brings an interesting question to my mind. Does, indeed can, God worship Himself?


This doesn't make sence.

Why not? Can you worship yourself? If so, why wouldn't God be able to worship himself? I'm asking whether it's possible for God to worship Himself? I'm also asking if God does answer Himself.

This brought on by The Nehor's barb to Sethbag about Sethbag's manliness.


I am saying it makes no grammarical sence.


Where's a grammar Nazi when you need one? Shades? Was my bolded sentence grammatical?

Blixa? Runtu? English people? Was my sentence improper English?
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Post by _Who Knows »

asbestosman wrote:
Imwashingmypirate wrote:I am saying it makes no grammarical sence.


Where's a grammar Nazi when you need one? Shades? Was my bolded sentence grammatical?

Blixa? Runtu? English people? Was my sentence improper English?


I don't even think 'grammarical' or 'sence' are even words.
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