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All the other shit I take with a pinch of salt, including the worship. I don't think you're mandated to m thank God when things go right necessarily but it makes sense that if God made us, is our father, He wants to be part of our lives. If I build an aquarium, I want to interact with the fish. God made a fuggin universe. So yeah, it makes sense to me that he'd want to play some part in it.

MAHDOOD 2mo ago

Do you thank your parents every day for bringing you into this world? Do you thank them every time something good happens to you simply because they raised you as a child? Do you show complete and total obedience toward them no matter what they ask of you? Do you throw away your life plans and dreams to do what they want? The answer to all these questions is no. Just because our parents brought us into this world and raised us, does not mean we owe them anything. We did not ask to be born. We did not ask to be raised by them. They did it of their own free will.

In fact, I’d argue that raising a child simply to have them appreciate and show gratitude toward you for the rest of their lives is evil.

Your parents had a child and raised you because that’s what they wanted to do. Just like god supposedly created us because he wanted to. If someone does what they want to do, and it somehow affects your life, that doesn’t mean you magically owe them anything. This line of thinking is reminiscent of those statists that argue if you don’t like paying taxes then you should just leave. It’s a weak argument.

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Detective Deft Defector 2mo ago

My parents don't have infinite wisdom and omnipotence. I'm not disagreeing with you, again, the worship part seems real weird to me too. (Tho I get your making sense of it too) If anything, it does look like both God and our parents made most of selfishly, or on accident. For all we actually know, life on earth is what happens when you don't put the universe in a cool dry place. And yeah, that would have a tinge of evil. You wrote that like I said you're wrong. What I was saying is that just because the book says worship Him does not mean that's actually what he wants. I'll point out, Christ said you should HAVE no other gods before God. He did not say worship him with your every bone. At least not in that verse. I don't remember every word.