[ExI] religious question

[SR Ballard]

Worship can be a lot of things. It can be communication, showing affection to “god”, saying “thank you”, sharing awe, dispelling fear.

I think it comes from a natural impulse, a natural overflow of feelings.

I don’t think Buddhism has to have Worship, though some kinds do.

I think that it’s one step beyond a “great esteem”. It goes jest a little further until it’s not based on objective facts anymore, emotional impulse takes over.

SR Ballard

> On Apr 30, 2020, at 1:37 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> I think that maybe I asking the totally wrong group:
> 
> What is your understanding of worship?  Where does it come from? What does it accomplish?  Can there be a religion without worship?  Is it just a form of great esteem, like we might have for Maxwell or Newton?
> 
> bill w
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