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Re:Bonhoeffer on Stupidity by Mitzz on Saturday October 16, 2021 @07:40PM (#28892604)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (as I understand him) would undoubtedly say that Jesus Christ is both perfect God and perfect Man, and therefore Jesus Christ is what there is to worship.

Based upon my understanding of him, his allegiance to Jesus Christ is what motivated his actions that resulted in his death at the hands of the Nazis.

edit: typo

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Re:Bonhoeffer on Stupidity by mbrodersen on Saturday October 16, 2021 @08:20PM (#28892820)
My argument was that I (for one) doesn’t worship Jesus Christ, the Buddha, Ra the sun god, humans, myself or anything else. So the argument that we all worship something is false. Dietrich might have been worshipping a god or humans but that is besides the point.
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Re:Bonhoeffer on Stupidity by pkphilip on Sunday October 17, 2021 @11:57AM (#28897364)
The term "worship" isn't limited to the worship of any deity alone - as the quote itself indicates. It includes worship of things such as beauty, youthfulness, fame, wealth... or whatever that consumes your thinking
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Re:Bonhoeffer on Stupidity by mbrodersen on Sunday October 17, 2021 @05:50PM (#28900116)
Agree. And I don’t worship any of those. Which was my original point.
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Re:Bonhoeffer on Stupidity by Mitzz on Saturday October 16, 2021 @08:28PM (#28892874)
Fair enough.
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