Cromwell’s New Jerusalem would be a place where every man could worship in his own way, as long as that worship was genuine and was not pressed on others. It did not however include papists. Steve Pickstock, The Sealed Knot Society
Things like heroin and alcohol can and should be used for the purpose of worshipping, that is entering into communion with the Snake that giveth knowledge and delight and bright glory. Aleister Crowley, Diary of a Drug Fiend @364
We worship you, O, Brian. Monty Python’s Life of Brian 1979 ***** starring Graham Chapman & John Cleese & Terry Gilliam & Eric Idle & Terry Jones & Michael Palin & Kenneth Colley & Neil Innes & Gwen Taylor & Terence barler & Carol Cleveland & Spike Milligan et al, director Terry Jones, Three wise men
Worship is transcendent wonder. Thomas Carlyle
And when ye go forth in the land, it is no sin for you to curtail (your) worship if ye fear that those who disbelieve may attack you. In truth the disbelievers are an open enemy to you.
And when thou (O Muhammad) art among them and arrangest (their) worship for them, let only a party of them stand with thee (to worship) and let them take their arms. Then when they have performed their prostrations let them fall to the rear and let another party come that hath not worshipped and let them worship with thee, and let them take their precaution and their arms. Those who disbelieve long for you to neglect your arms and your baggage that they may attack you once for all. It is no sin for you to lay aside your arms, if rain impedeth you or ye are sick. But take your precaution. Lo! Allah prepareth for the disbelievers shameful punishment.
When ye have performed the act of worship, remember Allah, standing, sitting and reclining. And when ye are in safety, observe proper worship. Worship at fixed times hath been enjoined on the believers. Koran 4:101-103
It is precisely that requirement of shared worship that has been the principal source of suffering for individual man and the human race since the beginning of history. In their efforts to impose universal worship, men have unsheathed their swords and killed one another. They have invented gods and challenged each other: ‘Discard your gods and worship mine or I will destroy both your gods and you!’ Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
We worship Mithra of wide pastures, possessing a thousand ears, possessing ten thousand eyes, the divinity worshipped with spoken name. Avesta: Khorda Avesta
All they desired was to be left alone so that they might continue to worship and follow those who took advantage of their simplicity, and robbed them of the fruits of their toil; their old leaders, the fools and scoundrels who fed them with words, who had led them into the desolation where they now seemed to be content to grind out treasure for their masters, and to starve when those masters did not find it profitable to employ them. It was as if a flock of foolish sheep placed themselves under the protection of a pack of ravening wolves. Robert Tressell, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist
St Walburge’s [spire] in Preston: 311 feet high. They reckon it’s the tallest church steeple in England. Fred Dibnah’s Monuments s1e3: Places of Worship, BBC 2000
Man has been using stones to build places of worship for thousands of years. ibid.
Avebury has been an important place of worship for nearly four and a half millennia. ibid.
We’re here to spread a message of goodwill and benevolence and open-mindedness and free expression. Hail, Satan? Satanist, 2019
It’s a beautiful day here at the state capital. Great day to be a Satanist. Great day to be a human being. ibid.
We are supposed to be a democratic pluralist nation. ibid. Satanist #2
Satanism is a philosophy of action. To liberty, humanity and justice. To the eternal rebel within all of us. To the end of repressive traditions. ibid. Satanist lady service leader
‘We Won This Round’: Satanic Temple Claims Victory After Oklahoma 10 Commandments Ruling. ibid. Vice News online report I July 2015
After School Club … The Satanic Children’s Big Book of Activities. ibid.
The Satanic Temple did a blood drive … They even use pitchforks to pick up trash … We want to do as much good as we possibly can. ibid. woman & news & dude
They are post-Christian … They are taking Satan with them. ibid. dude
One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason; The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions; One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone; The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one’s own; Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one’s beliefs; People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one’s best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused; Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word. ibid. seven tenets of belief of Satanic Temple
Fired from the Satanic Temple for being too extreme. ibid. ex-communicated woman who called for execution of president
Many of the world’s best known landmarks have been inspired by faith. And today more worshippers than ever are flocking to these sacred places. But why do they continue to provoke such passion? Hundreds of years after they were first built, many of these places remain of deep spiritual significance and controversy. Sacred Wonders s1e1, BBC 2019
Angkor Wat, Cambodia: A man who believes these temples are home to his ancestral spirits risks his life to save them from the jungle … This vast complex of over seventy temples was once part of an ancient megacity. ibid.
At Al Aqsa in Jerusalem a young Muslim paramedic battles his own hunger and exhaustion to help thousands of other fasting worshippers during Ramadan. ibid.
At the Shaolin Temple in China a Buddhist monk faces a test that will change the course of his life for ever. ibid.
400 monks live and study here; 100 of those are warrior monks. ibid.
The great mosque of Djenne in Mali … a vast timber-framed building with walls up to two feet thick made of mud … A mosque has stood on this site since the thirteenth century. It is the largest mud building on Earth … Unless the mosque is given a new covering of mud every year, it will simply crumble to dust. Sacred Wonders s1e2
For some they are places of quiet contemplation; for others they are sites of astonishing acts of worship, dangerous challenges, and extraordinary deeds of devotion rarely seen by outsiders. Sacred Wonders s1e3
The Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem: An orthodox Christian must deliver a holy flame into the hands of his bishop … The Church of the Sepulchre: one of the most sacred sites in Christianity. ibid.
The Boudhanath in Nepal: A Buddhist painter battles the elements in order to honour Buddha’s birthday. ibid.
And at Lalish in Iraq a young Yazidi woman goes in search of salvation after being traumatised by recent conflict … The waters of a sacred spring are helping to heal women … ibid.
Kathmandu, Nepal: Boudhanath … One of the largest in the world … It houses holy relics said to include the bones of Buddha … In almost perfect condition because it’s constantly being repainted. ibid.
He worships you, Father. He comes back from Craggy Island and he’s counting the days till he can go back again. He has a chart and he crosses out the days … Father Ted s1e2: Entertaining Father Stone, Paul’s mother to Father Ted in hospital, Channel 4 1995
In truth, even the mother of Christianity, Judaism, was awash with the worship of stones and stars. Philip Gardiner film Angels, Demons and Freemasons
Seems to me a terrible character. He’s a God who’s obsessed with the degree to which people worship him, and anxious to punish with the most awful torments. Steven Weinberg, cited Jonathan Miller, The Atheism Tapes, BBC 2004
Springfield ... Some five hundred places of worship. Niall Ferguson, Civilisation VI: Is the West History? Work, BBC 2012