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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sciborg3" data-source="post: 5609502" data-attributes="member: 6678667">I think worthy of veneration and believing in infallibility are different things. In several polytheistic societies, it seems the gods are fallible and are defeated, at times, with relative ease in comical ways. (I'm thinking of the Monkey King here)In Greek Mythology, Ares was held by some to be an outright coward, and even Zeus got tricked once in awhile not to mention gutted by Typhon if memory serves.(edit: As Incenjucar previously mentioned - sorry, forgot to give credit where it's due!)I think one of the ways to look at the D&D gods is as personal manifestations of the cosmos. In the same way one loves a parent, one can love a god. The love a god, however, is tied to their domain - you love them because they represent the the "living symbol", as Planescape called it, of something you want to see in the world. To worship Nerull is to channel Death, to worship Tempus is to worship War.Then again, some people might believe that the god is destined to reward them, or destined to ascend as the God of Gods - perhaps with their help, as the worshipers of Vecna believe.Also, I think clerics get power because they are willing to become vessels for their god's energy and do His or Her work in the world. Loyalty seems a greater requirement than zealousness.</blockquote>