Worship or Infatuation?

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    Or do they both go hand in glove? Someone once said 'you're infatuated!' Well yes, possibly, but in my mind, it's worship. Many moments of reflection later, i came to thinking; can you have one without the other?

    Well, one could be infatuated by a very beautiful Woman or man, but that doesn't mean one worships them. I think worship is different. Checking Websters....

    infatuation:
    1: to cause to be foolish : deprive of sound judgment
    2: to inspire with a foolish or extravagant love or admiration

    worship:
    1: to offer honour or respect to (someone) as a divine power.
    2: to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for.

    But who decides if its infatuation or worship thats being proffered?
    Well i guess if each party are unknown to each other, then it's a question of personal perception.
    I think the important factor, the receiver of the intent should be respected if they feel that it's infatuation, not worship they are feeling.

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    Infatuation is autonomic; you can see an attractive person and you're infatuated without any conscious decision on your part to do so. It's almost Pavlovian.

    Worship, on the other hand, is a deliberate act on your part to rationalize your feeling. It may be an attempt to justify an infatuation, but it's separate by being a choice to do so. You can feel infatuated without the need to worship, just as you can worship without being infatuated.
     
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    A good perspective. I wonder where the litmus test is best placed; the worshiper or the Worshiped?
     
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    I would say the worshiper; the person being worshiped can't know for sure what's in the mind of the other.
     
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    41 years ago my wife said it was just infatuation that I felt. Well every anniversary I remind Her
    of what She said. She now knows the worship is real. She sees it in my eyes.
     
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