thread: 2007-01-10 : Some questions about worship
On 2007-01-10, Jay Loomis wrote:
What you are describing sounds more like tribal warriors thanking the spirit of the animal they have just killed than thanking God for letting things work out so that you can eat. Perhaps it's a subtle distinction, but I see it very clearly. In the first case, one acknowledges the wonder of the world and one's place in it. In the second, one is supplicating to one's creator.
So I would call your grace reverence, but not worship.
Here's a test: if you didn't say grace, would your family and the trees and the tofu factory become displeased and bring suffering to you?
