My definition of worship is, "APPRECIATION". To be sure, the tree was appreciated by anyone who saw, and experienced it, as with God. Sure enough, when we come to know God, we appreciate God.
I guess, when our appreciation became corrupted by fear, (the wrath of God) which comes through a lack of knowledge of God, through ignorance, we developed the tendancy to attempt to appease God, in order to gain his favor.
My, my. This is interesting!
And yes, the media is a part of this fear factory that we have created, as we are a religeous culture.
Atheism, and science is also a part of this religeous culture, as we cannot seem to speak, or think of one, without referring to the others.
And no, most people do not fear death. They do fear how they will die, and that implies pain, and sufferring, and a lot of religions play on pain and sufferring, and the fear of it, with the promotion that even in death, you cannot escape pain and sufferring. You will find no relief, as you will be tortured in hell fire through all eternity.  |