{"id":25044,"date":"2016-08-22T13:05:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T20:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/?p=25044"},"modified":"2016-08-20T15:13:55","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T22:13:55","slug":"what-is-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/2016\/08\/22\/what-is-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Worship? Herman Melville Has an Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/franklycurious.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/HermanMelville.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Herman Melville - I Would Prefer Not To\" title=\"Herman Melville - I Would Prefer Not To\" class=\"left\" \/><em>I was a good Christian; born and bred in the bosom of the infallible Presbyterian Church. How then could I unite with this wild idolator in worshipping his piece of wood? But what is worship? thought I. Do you suppose now, Ishmael, that the magnanimous God of heaven and earth &mdash; pagans and all included &mdash; can possibly be jealous of an insignificant bit of black wood? Impossible! But what is worship? &mdash; to do the will of God &mdash; that is worship. And what is the will of God? &mdash; to do to my fellow man what I would have my fellow man to do to me &mdash; that is the will of God. Now, Queequeg is my fellow man. And what do I wish that this Queequeg would do to me? Why, unite with me in my particular Presbyterian form of worship. Consequently, I must then unite with him in his; ergo, I must turn idolator. So I kindled the shavings; helped prop up the innocent little idol; offered him burnt biscuit with Queequeg; salamed before him twice or thrice; kissed his nose; and that done, we undressed and went to bed, at peace with our own consciences and all the world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&mdash;Herman Melville<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/2701\/2701-h\/2701-h.htm\">Moby Dick<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"copyright\">Image of Herman Melville is in the public domain.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was a good Christian; born and bred in the bosom of the infallible Presbyterian Church. How then could I unite with this wild idolator in worshipping his piece of wood? But what is worship? thought I. 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