Greatest I am writes:
Is needing or wanting to worship a God a human defect or benefit?
I think this would depend on who you're talking to at the moment.
People don't all think or use their intelligence in the same way.
For some people, it's a defect to worship anything that doesn't exist.
For others, it's a benefit to worship something that is greater than anything they can imagine.
For others still it can be both or neither (people are not necessarily consistent).
Why then, if you are a believer, do you need or want to worship a God if not for the reward you think it will bring you?
I'm not a believer.
But I think it would be possible to worship a God out of thanks or gratitude instead of some desire for a reward.
How many do that? Probably not as many as you can find saying so... but more than none.
Is your need to adore a God a defect or benefit?
If "all things were equal", I would guess that believers would find worshipping God to be a benefit, and non-believers would find it to be a defect.
But in our world, things aren't generally "equal."
Because belief in God is so prevalent in the cultures throughout our world, I would guess that many worship just because of the social pressures of their environment. This would result in a bunch of believers who worship because they think they ought to... not because they understand their own thoughts and feelings on the matter. Therefore, we would be left with a bunch of "believers" where the worshipping is actually a defect and it irks them in ways they may not even think about.
In the same vein it is also likely true that some non-believers would actually benefit from worshipping God... but they don't because of the social pressures of their environment.
I just think that because "belief in God" is a larger approved-social-idea in most of the world, then there are probably more believers-that-should-not-worship than there are non-believers-that-should-worship. But this point doesn't really matter... everyone needs to figure out who they are and why they're here for themselves just the same.
Is your need to adore a God a defect or benefit?
For me, the need to adore a God is a defect.
As it takes my focus off important tasks and places it on things that don't make a difference that I can identify.
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