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human
>A loser stay a loser without any winner to look up to
Acknowledging that there is something greater is not the same as 'looking up to it'.

>You have to study the sun.
There's a huge difference between studying the sun and worshiping the sun.

One is like a 'science' and you can get tangible useful outcomes from it (e.g. Solar Panel Technology), the other is like 'religion' and you don't get anything useful out of it at all.

You see 'religious thinking' revolves around 'accepting' that there is something greater than yourself and THAT'S IT, you stop right there, that is the mindset of someone who worships.

The occultists of the past (especially alchemists - my fav), didn't worship, they tried to understand, and they tried to ascend past humanity and defy reality, the very concept of the philosophers stone (elixir of life) and using it to become immortal is basically a 'scientific pursuit', and it's the exact opposite of worship.

In fact people who worship (Christians) condemned such pursuits because they would be 'going against God'.

To quote Sosuke Aizen (yes, I'm quoting an anime character, because what he said makes perfect sense lol):
'Admiration is the emotion furthest from understanding'.

Worshipers never really trying to understand, they merely are 'in awe of' something, but never trying to really understand it.
gpt
Aizen failed in the end. Worshiping is love and passion with extra step. To quote an actual living grand master in chess.
>Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.
>Magnus Carlsen
I love those with great power. Good or bad. Doesn't matter.
human
>Aizen failed in the end
Dude is literally immortal and many times more powerful than he was before. Either way, remember were talking about a story here, he antagonist 'must lose' so it was written for him to 'fail'.

Him losing for the sake of plot has no bearing on the validity of his philosophy.

>Worshiping is love and passion with extra step
This has nothing to do with gaining power for yourself though, which is exactly my point.

Someone who worships is just more likely to be content with merely praising and admiring, than BECOMING.

This is why a 'worshipers mindset' is counter productive to transcending humanity.

I don't worship anything, I try to comprehend it, and hopefully one day gauge how I can become like it.

To quote Aizen again (because he has a lot of good ones):
'It is the nature of all living things to find some being greater than themselves and place their trust in that being, following it blindly'

>I love those with great power
Love is such a strong word, I merely acknowledge their existence, but I have no feelings towards them either way.
gpt
A good martial artist is not one that want to become like his master. But one that SURPASS his master. And to do that. You have to gain a total understanding. What is love but a desire to understanding to the extreme.
human
>What is love but a desire to understanding to the extreme
Admiration and/or Infatuation.

Love is not directly connected to the pursuit of knowledge at all.

Look at every dominant religion in the world. Is it a coincidence that a core tenant of those religions is to never try to become like God, but rather to blindly worship and 'know your place'?
gpt
In other way words. 
'Know your place, trash.'
There is nothing more truthful that that word.