1) My first hesitation is by your use of the word "prove". The statement "Jesus is God" is not something that can be proven in the strict sense of the word. However, I'll assume the broader meaning of "shown to be highly probable."
2) My willingness to worship an entity would be contingent on two things: A) the consequence for lack of worship B) the nature of God
The nature of God, were He to exist, as evidenced by the Bible and what we can observe, is at worst a malevolent and at best indifferent being. This is not a being worthy of my worship. Sufficient threat of punishment might persuade me to half-heartedly worship God/Jesus, but presumably God/Jesus would see through it anyway. Naturally, the consequence of non-worship and nature of God would have to be "proven"/shown to be highly probable.
Why would 2A matter? If a being exists whose very nature is such that the only reasonable response is worship, why would you consider the consequences of not worshiping? Why would consequences play into the equation at all?
Oh ok, sorry. It was actually more clear on my second reading. So when you read the Gospel and the manner in which Jesus presents God and interprets the OT, if you were convinced of Jesus' divinity and thus that it is He who best interprets Jewish and Christian Scripture, what about God as revealed by Jesus Christ seems monstrous to you?
It's a difficult premise with which to work, since in this life almost nothing is proven without a shadow of a doubt. Certainly many things are proven beyond a reasonable doubt, but that is a different standard altogether. And I know you're asking a hypothetical, but I think it's perhaps better phrased in a way that is realistic in this lifetime: If you became firmly convinced that Jesus is God, would you worship Him
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Well, what do you think. Would the understanding of Jesus as God be cause to worship Him? How would such an understanding of Jesus' divinity affect your relationship to God, whether spiritual, intellectual, or otherwise?
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2) My willingness to worship an entity would be contingent on two things:
A) the consequence for lack of worship
B) the nature of God
The nature of God, were He to exist, as evidenced by the Bible and what we can observe, is at worst a malevolent and at best indifferent being. This is not a being worthy of my worship. Sufficient threat of punishment might persuade me to half-heartedly worship God/Jesus, but presumably God/Jesus would see through it anyway. Naturally, the consequence of non-worship and nature of God would have to be "proven"/shown to be highly probable.
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I'm merely asking why such a revelation would effect worship in the first place.
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