What does God get out of being worshipped?

Whats the deal with that?

I've read a lot of fiction where (lower case g) gods derive power from the number of worshippers they have and so on, but whats going on with the biblical God?
Asking those who, unlike me, may have read the bible more recently than 35 years ago.

From what I understand, God needs nothing from us. But he makes himself "finite" in order to give us some understanding of him and gives us the chance to get closer to him through worship. At least that's the Jewish belief.

He loves us and he wants his love answered. That's pretty much it.

Conditional love?

God's love for us is not "conditional" or else he wouldn't have sent His only Son to die for us/pay for our sins.

What does God get out of being worshipped?
This is what I believe:
Worship is for people.
God is complete and without want or need.
God is the cup that overflows. How can you add to that?

A boner? I like to believe its erectile girth is directly proportional to the volume and intensity of worship. Weekends are basically Him using Universal Google to find porn.

Originally posted by Star428
God's love for us is not "conditional" or else he wouldn't have sent His only Son to die for us/pay for our sins.

Riv's post is saying our love would be the conditional love. He wasn't applying that modifier to God's love.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
What does God get out of being worshipped?
This is what I believe:
Worship is for people.
God is complete and without want or need.
God is the cup that overflows. How can you add to that?

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It definitely serves a psychological and/or emotional need for many.

i don't think god is the cup that overflows

cause he's supposed to be infinite

so you can keep pouring as much into his cup as you want, it will never fill up

thats why he loves getting props from lesser beings such as ourselves

somewhat similar to donald trump

Originally posted by Digi
[B]Riv's post is saying our love would be the conditional love. He wasn't applying that modifier to God's love.

^^^ 👆

Thanks for the responses, folks.

Riv, not that it's the worst of sins (it's not at all, actually), but you don't always have to act like you're putting together a masters dissertation. Thankfulness is nice and all, but this is the internet. Half the time we're just sh*t-posting to kill time.

However, I do hope my God-boner hypothesis makes it into your future musings on the subject.

fdog

^^^I cant help being polite, Digi.

Its nice to have the fact that i am, pointed out though. Usually the opposite fact gets brought up by fellow posters/those in charge on various sites. 😛

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
What does God get out of being worshipped?
This is what I believe:
Worship is for people.

It's not what 'God' gets out of it; it's what people get out of it, and IMHO the intent of worship (or in general, a reverent outlook) is to remind us to think outside the ego box.

Of course, like with so much humans do, the road to hell is paved with good intention.

I'm okay with my knowledge of what people get out of it.
Thats why i asked what God gets out of it.

Originally posted by Mindship
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It's not what 'God' gets out of it; it's what people get out of it, and IMHO the intent of worship (or in general, a reverent outlook) is to remind us to think outside the ego box.

Of course, like with so much humans do, the road to hell is paved with good intention.

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Originally posted by riv6672
I'm okay with my knowledge of what people get out of it.
Thats why i asked what God gets out of it.

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But this is probably not what you meant either. For me, the Biblical God is a metaphor serving a specific purpose, limited in what it can convey, and one can go virtually anywhere with that depiction (eg, 'God needs to be worshipped cuz he's a vengeful God'😉.

Is it possible just for once to discuss God without using puns, cliches or quoting the bible like it's your own thoughts?

Just asking.

Hey, whatever lets you post a cool smilie, guy.

Just pointing out, as you pointed out, so already knew, that what you touched on wasnt what i asked about. 😎

This is more what i was hoping to see explored...

Originally posted by Mindship
For me, the Biblical God is a metaphor serving a specific purpose, limited in what it can convey, and one can go virtually anywhere with that depiction (eg, 'God needs to be worshipped cuz he's a vengeful God'😉.

...but no thread idea ever survives first contact with the internet!

Originally posted by riv6672
Whats the deal with that?

I've read a lot of fiction where (lower case g) gods derive power from the number of worshippers they have and so on, but whats going on with the biblical God?
Asking those who, unlike me, may have read the bible more recently than 35 years ago.

God just kinda enjoys it.

Odds are we'd do it regardless of what the bible says.

God is essentially like a Kardashian. The Kardashians don't really do what they do strictly for money, but because they obviously crave and love attention.

God is the opposite of the kardashians. He doesn't need your attention.