Philosophy Now Forum

If idols are prayed to and worshiped, and alcohol is an idol, then we must reexamine what prayer and worship are, because nobody looks to them in a way that we would normally call prayer and worship. So what are they?

Check your calendar. April fool's day was yesterday.

Not a joke.

Jaded Sage wrote:Not a joke.

So what is it then?

Harbal wrote:

Jaded Sage wrote:Not a joke.

So what is it then?

The post is philosophy. Prayer and worship are excessive glorification and exaltation. But there's more to it than that I think.

Jaded Sage wrote: The post is philosophy. Prayer and worship are excessive glorification and exaltation. But there's more to it than that I think.

I doubt that anyone prays to alcohol. They may pray for it, but that's not the same thing. The word "worship", used to describe someone's liking for alcohol has different connotations to the same word applied to a person's attitude to, for example, God. I think you are falsely assuming the word to mean the same thing in both cases.

Harbal wrote:

Jaded Sage wrote: The post is philosophy. Prayer and worship are excessive glorification and exaltation. But there's more to it than that I think.

I doubt that anyone prays to alcohol. They may pray for it, but that's not the same thing. The word "worship", used to describe someone's liking for alcohol has different connotations to the same word applied to a person's attitude to, for example, God. I think you are falsely assuming the word to mean the same thing in both cases.

Dude, you just gave me the standard definitions after I demonstrated that there's a problem with the standard definitions.

Jaded Sage wrote:
Dude, you just give me the standard definitions after I demonstrated that there's a problem with the standard definitions.

I think it would be simpler and more accurate to just say there is a problem with the original post overall.

Harbal wrote:

Jaded Sage wrote:
Dude, you just give me the standard definitions after I demonstrated that there's a problem with the standard definitions.

I think it would be simpler and more accurate to just say there is a problem with the original post overall.

Don't say things like that. It's sound logic.

Jaded Sage wrote:
Don't say things like that. It's sound logic.

I was just trying to save from wasting any more of our time.

Harbal wrote:

Jaded Sage wrote:
Don't say things like that. It's sound logic.

I was just trying to save from wasting any more of our time.

Phil of Religion isn't the place for you. Unless you're going to contribute something, I'm ignoring you. Good day.

Jaded Sage wrote:
Phil of Religion isn't the place for you. Unless you're going to contribute something, I'm ignoring you. Good day.

That's gratitude for you. If it wasn't for me this topic would be completely inactive.

Harbal wrote:

Jaded Sage wrote:
Phil of Religion isn't the place for you. Unless you're going to contribute something, I'm ignoring you. Good day.

That's gratitude for you. If it wasn't for me this topic would be completely inactive.

Technically, that's a different contribution. I actually prefer it inactive to this kind of numbskullery. I wish others knew that.

Jaded Sage wrote:

Harbal wrote:

Jaded Sage wrote:
Phil of Religion isn't the place for you. Unless you're going to contribute something, I'm ignoring you. Good day.

That's gratitude for you. If it wasn't for me this topic would be completely inactive.

Technically, that's a different contribution. I actually prefer it inactive to this kind of numbskullery. I wish others knew that.

Prayer and Worship are just not worth examination.

Hobbes' Choice wrote: Prayer and Worship are just not worth examination.

Here you are, Jaded, a positive response to get your topic moving.