What Manner of God Would You Worship?

[Anachronous Rex]

Relatively simple question:
Supposing that there is a god, and that this god is in some sense knowable, what characteristics would such a being have to possess in order that you might worship it?

Anything at all, omnipotence, humility, wisdom, compassion, whatever; excluding, of course, "the power to make me do such things as worship it."

 

[Aught3]

Well first he'd have to be real also he'd have to be not evil. Those are kind of big ones for me.

Actually I can't really imagine myself worshipping anybody, no matter how compassionate and kind he was.

 

[Prolescum]

My god wouldn't require worship as she would be sustained by humour. Our planet would be called Mirth.

 

[Memeticemetic]

Boobs. Not just any ol' boobs, either. I'm talkin' boobs greater than which no boobs can be conceived.

 

[Avatra1]

Boobs. Not just any ol' boobs, either. I'm talkin' boobs greater than which no boobs can be conceived.

Agreed!

 

[lrkun]

Relatively simple question:
Supposing that there is a god, and that this god is in some sense knowable, what characteristics would such a being have to possess in order that you might worship it?

Anything at all, omnipotence, humility, wisdom, compassion, whatever; excluding, of course, "the power to make me do such things as worship it."

I'd prefer a god who will lead by example, who gives effort, and does so consistently.

 

[RichardMNixon]

Yeah, I wouldn't worship any god who'd want to be worshiped. I could entertain the possibility of being friends with some flavors of god. I feel like there'd still be some awkward moments re: divine intercession. Hey man, why didn't you save that cancer patient? Why didn't you stop that earthquake? Why did you answer that prayer, that prayer was dumb.

I think I'd vote Morgan Freeman for god though. Can you vote for gods?

 

[Demojen]

I can't see myself worshiping any sort of God.

I could worship a person though if they shared the same interests and made the world a better place to live in for people like me.

There's plenty of idol worship in Hollywood for less respectable reasons.

 

[Anachronous Rex]

Perhaps I should have said, "what characteristics would a god need in order to be worthy of worship," as there seem to be a lot of people who would not themselves worship under any circumstances.

I do agree with Aught that not being evil is fairly important. Although I must say that I would easily prefer a god who was sometimes evil and owned up to it, to a god that was sometimes evil but insisted that he was not (i.e. the god of the Bible.)


Barring that, I think I would opt for a fierce and fearless goddess of victory, like Frejya, or Athena Nike, or Galadriel in those few seconds where she goes all emo.

 

[televator]

I really can't think of anything I can come to "worship".... Have deep respect and admiration for? Yes. So I guess my "god" would have to be a being that isn't blind to it's own apparent contradictions, have intimate knowledge about the universe, be able to use that knowledge to produce functional technology, and just be an all around "cool guy"....or girl....or she/he....or thing.

 

[Unwardil]

Oh, if the old Olympian gods were real, I'd certainly give them the old Pascal's Wager. It'd be suicide not to.

 

[TheFlyingBastard]

I'd probably worship the same god every theologian ever has worshiped: The almighty version of themselves.

 

[Logic-Nanaki]

The Norse ones, what a bunch of jolly fellas. all about drinking mead, partying, and jayriding goatdriven chariots and smashing postboxes with a hammer. oh yeah. i'd worship those guys if they were real

 

[Memeticemetic]

The Norse ones, what a bunch of jolly fellas. all about drinking mead, partying, and jayriding goatdriven chariots and smashing postboxes with a hammer. oh yeah. i'd worship those guys if they were real

Worship? Heeeellll no. Party with? Heeeeellll yeah.

 

[nemesiss]

worship?
why aim so high... a god must feel pretty lucky if i can find a point at which i can respect him/her/it, im not that easily impressed.

 

[FaithlessThinker]

I will not worship any manner of god. Who said gods ought to be worshiped? I could think of various things I can do with god: befriend, murder, have sex with, start a business with, punch, kick... but no one can dictate that worship has to be one among them, let alone be the only one.

 

[Thyssane]

Same as most people above, worship does not feel like a viable option, although being made aware of something that deserves the term god, might of course change that sentiment.

I do have a soft spot for gods as they work in most roleplay settings (D&D,for example) where it seems to be more of a "working for a common goal, being a pair of hands for the god you follow, and getting benefits as payment for and to help with being that pair of hands" kind of thing.
This would be on par with the examples anon1986sing gives. Thinking about it some more, I do think that worship would be out of the question, though admiration and some kind of relationship would work for me.

A last thought occurring to me is how Terry Pratchett works his gods into the discworld series, where they actually need to be worshipped, or diminish in power and stature until nothing more then a whisper of them is left. Maybe in such a case I might actively worship, although I wonder how much you can call it that if you only do it for a god's survival and not out of sheer awe.

Sorry if this turned out ramblish...

Regards,
Thyssane.

 

[lrkun]

A god who punishes lazy humans. :3

 

[Memeticemetic]

A god who punishes lazy humans. :3

Well, I'm screwed, then.

 

[lrkun]

A god who punishes lazy humans. :3

Well, I'm screwed, then.

I hate laziness because I am lazy. So, when I think about it, sometimes, it'll be nice if there is something out there who'll whip my butt everytime I don't do what I'm supposed to do.