podcast 227 – Who Should Christians Worship?

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Which of these three arguments is sound?

Argument 1:

1. Only God should be worshiped.
2. Jesus should be worshiped.
3. Therefore, Jesus is God (i.e. Jesus is God himself, “they” are numerically one.)

Argument 2:

1.  Jesus isn’t God (i.e. they are numerically two).
2. Only God should be worshiped.
3. Therefore, Jesus should not be worshiped.

Argument 3:

1. Jesus isn’t God (i.e. they are numerically two).
2. Jesus should be worshiped.
3. Therefore, it is false that only God should be worshiped.

In this episode I argue that the New Testament, read with common sense, gives us the answer. Christians who agree with the New Testament should discard two of these three arguments as unsound, on the grounds that each has a false premise.

Do you agree? If not, where does my argument go wrong?

Links for this episode:

• “Who Should Christians Worship?” (earlier screencast version)
• Larry Hurtado on early Christians’ worship of Jesus
• Hurtado on the early worship of Jesus
• Francis David: Against Worshiping Jesus
• Worship and Revelation 4-5
• Anthony Buzzard: That Jesus Should be Worshiped Does not Imply that He is God
• podcast 184 – Where did Jesus say “I am God, worship me”?
• Worship of Jesus, Worship of God, and the Fulfillment Fallacy
• This week’s thinking music is “Oxygen Mask” by Andy G. Cohen.