Good thoughts all around. And I will add that book to my short list of things to read. (My long list is one of those things that I will probably not even get to until retirement.... heh).
Anyway, I tend to agree with the overall response here; that this is a mole hill and not, in fact, a mountain.
I also feel most of the people in my sphere of influence would agree, most of those present don't seem bothered at all by this differing of opinion, and half of it may have been a semantics argument for them anyway.
Similarly, I meet with about 8 or 10 guys (and the occasional gal or two) once a week to discuss religion, philosophy, writing, etc... I brought this up and got a similar response, that there is a dualistic nature to worship in one sense, but that it is also to God even if we benefit. They even went so far as to relate other forms of worship to this concept; feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and all such acts of social justice.
Thinking about it this way, I would actually say that since I know of people who don't 'get into' musical, corporate worship as much as they do in other forms, acts of service or charity, that it is right for them to express their worship to God in those ways in order to seek connection to him.
But maybe I'm confusing things again.
BTW, any of you from the twin cities area? I'd love to invite you to our little troupe of thinkers sometime. Right now we meet on St Anthony & Main in Minneapolis, a place called Pracna.
Okay, that's all for now.
Tony
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