worshipping vs buttering
The act done to please someone for one's own self-benefit is called buttering. In nature, almost all species are expert in buttering.Is worship natural or man-made?
How to define worship without including any imaginary things?
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So it depends on how you define worship. I'm using the example of following unconditionally and exclusively for the purpose of survival.
If you follow unconditionally and exclusively because your life depends on it then it is natural.
If you follow unconditionally and exclusively even though you gain little or nothing from it then it is probably man-made.
If a dependant animal receives nothing or an inadequate amount to survive from a parent I presume it will look elsewhere. Same probably goes for a dependant human.
But if a person worships another human and is not dependant on that other person for something very important then I would have no explanation.
So I suppose worship in this context could be seen as unconditional loyalty to the death, or being deathly loyal.
Below is from the web.
"The feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.
"the worship of God"
Similar:
reverence
venerating
adoring
devotion
thanksgiving
praising
glorifying
exaltation
extolling
respect
honoring
laudation
show reverence and adoration for (a deity); honor with religious rites.
"the Maya built jungle pyramids to worship their gods
So with all these words referring to action of worshipping, what's your point?
So what's your point really?
So it depends on how you define worship. I'm using the example of following unconditionally and exclusively for the purpose of survival.
If you follow unconditionally and exclusively because your life depends on it then it is natural.
If you follow unconditionally and exclusively even though you gain little or nothing from it then it is probably man-made.
If a dependant animal receives nothing or an inadequate amount to survive from a parent I presume it will look elsewhere. Same probably goes for a dependant human.
But if a person worships another human and is not dependant on that other person for something very important then I would have no explanation.
So I suppose worship in this context could be seen as unconditional loyalty to the death, or being deathly loy
My question to you is why do you ask?
Of course it's man made if you rationalize it, but it's natural if you describe a baby adoring its parents.