thread: 2007-01-10 : Some questions about worship
On 2007-01-12, Nathan wrote:
are you truely thankful for these things, or are you thankful for your ease in attaining them?
would you be as thankful for the food if you had to work a bit harder for it?
is worship out of guilt? what causes these feelings?
i think worship contains an element of fear.
do you think if you don't thank the sun, that because of your selfishness it'll no longer be there.
to me it's a sort of weird "hand washing" ritual.
it's good to question things, it's not always good to question things. ?
you could substitute "god" with the unknown.
i know what the word soul represents to some, but to others it has a different meaning.
if ritualizing certain aspects of meal time has a personal benefit to you and your family than that's what's really important.
actions and reactions speak much louder than ideology. like the most interesting part to me, was that Sebastian tried to cut to the chase, and just thank the big two(sun + earth). really you could pretty much go on for hours thanking everything that had a hand in making people's food, but i'm much more interested in why that happens.
so i guess i didn't answer your question.
-Nate
