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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 202901" data-attributes="member: 158">Referring back to my above post, a god can be followed or worshipped because of similar goals and outlooks; worshipping a god whose goals are your own can further your cause to the goals.Past that, let's define "worship." Worshipping can be bowing and scraping, burning offerings, etc. but more to the point, it's putting faith and trust in someone or something. You put trust in your employer to pay you on time and give you safe working conditions. (Laws help, but they don't help you immediately. There has to be trust that they will obey the law.) You put trust in your parents when young to love and support you. You put trust in your friends that they will be loyal to you when times are tough.A god's trust is not that different. You follow his tenets and give him service, and he will help you follow your goals, which are the same as his. He also offers benefits, and a retirement plan that is out of this world. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  Simply put, it wouldn't be for obedience, or because he was the only way, truth, and life (there are other deities offering the same package), so much as trust that he will help you in exchange for you helping him.</blockquote>