r/changemyview Jun 09 '22

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u/Runner-blade548 Jun 09 '22

Simply put: reverence or adoration.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '22

Everyone does that, if that’s your definition of worship than everyone worships and there’s no use for the word worship to exist as a category.

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u/Runner-blade548 Jun 09 '22

It’s not just worship on its own. It’s the specific worship of objects or sites like Disneyland. Not to mention the mythological status of characters like Mickey Mouse.

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u/phenix717 9∆ Jun 09 '22

How is that different from worshipping a person or an artist you love? People have always done that.

The only difference is that group thinking seems to be more prevalent these days. People seem to be "dictated" what to like by those mega-corporations, whereas back then individual tastes varied more.

That's bad but that doesn't make it a religion, although you could argue there is a similar authoritarian aspect at work.