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

And mostly Israelites I guess because that's all there was except a few neanderthals and what was left over from the ice age kind of era. But people got messages from angels burning bushes. There were no Hebrew slaves building pyramids. They found proof. It wasn't union job but everyone got a check on Friday if they came in
Or a goat maybe a lamb something