@AspiringSoul
Haha you were so correct about these Christians. I actually posted a link to a buddha site and included the quote in my post.
@floss you even liked the post, but did you bother to read it. Buddhists don't believe Buddha is a god, its not the same kind of worship.
There are different types of worship. When someone worships a god, they praise and honor him or her, make offerings and ask for favors, believing that the god will hear their praise, receive their offerings and answer their prayers. Buddhists do not indulge in this kind of worship. The other kind of worship is when we show respect to someone or something we admire. When a teacher walks into the room we stand up, when we meet a dignitary we shake their hand, when the national anthem is played we salute. These are all gestures of respect and worship and indicate our admiration for certain persons or things. This is the type of worship Buddhists practice. A statue of the Buddha with its hands rested gently in its lap and its compassionate smile reminds us to strive to develop peace and love within ourselves. The perfume of incense reminds us of the pervading influence of virtue, the lamp reminds us of the light of knowledge and the flowers which soon fade and die, remind us of impermanence.When we bow, we express outwardly what we feel inwardly; our gratitude to the Buddha for what his teachingshave given us. This is the nature ofBuddhist worship.
Did you not read that? Pardon for my poor use of wording, but I do acknowledge that not all worship is the same.