Why do people worship their favorite imaginary deity out of fear?

The Bible has lots of stories where people were forced to worship the God character out of fear. They were frightened that he would kill them if they didn't comply with his demands to be worshiped. He did kill hordes of people who rejected his demands and he is always threatening to kill all of humanity unless people cater to his every whim.

Are you fearful of incurring his wrath?

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kentex35 · 100+, M

I'm glad I got an all loving God.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@kentex35

I'm glad I got an all loving God.

There are lots of characters in the Bible but can you guess which specific one the God character hated by name?

Malachi 1:2-3 (NKJV) =
2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord.
“Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’
Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?”
Says the Lord.
“Yet Jacob I have loved;
3 But Esau I have hated,
And laid waste his mountains and his heritage
For the jackals of the wilderness.”

So much for your "all-loving" God.

kentex35 · 100+, M

@Diotrephes He gets pissed off. When He just told them you are my favorite and they get Sodom and gamorrha swinging that probably chapped His ass. And he told that one girl don't look back and now she's a pile of salt in the desert. Give it take a detail.

My favorite philosophy is, "A just man causes the devil more affliction than a million blind followers. "
Gibran