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Originally Posted by Chuckychess
Excellent question!
I think there is an excellent answer: Because there is no greater joy that a creature can experience than worshiping the Holy Creator and Sustainer of everything in the universe.
True joy is based on relationships with persons, not things. One of the outpourings of joy comes from singing. Even the greatest mathematicians don't sing songs of praise to math equations or even to great mathematicians of the past. I majored in and briefly taught philosophy, and I am unaware of any great song sung in honor of Plato or Kant.
What do you sing about? Who do you sing about? Who do you sing to?
So we go to over-the-top platitudes just declaring willy-nilly that there is no joy like worshiping. Again, just a totally unsubstantiated, Sunday School, "just-so" level answer. No analysis from psychological truth, just claims plucked right out of the first century about religion.
True joy, a zealot would be surprised to learn, is based on one's relationship with oneself and with reality. This is a very fraught area for mankind, as every addiction, including religious addiction, would attest.
Further the claim above seems to be that the singing/joy connection is about god. What about the millions of songs written, performed, sung, danced to ... that have nothing to do with religion? Whoops ...
Truly, truly ... when we are relying on religious platitudes instead of analysis, we always end up in these "got myself" moments.