Why worship?

[robvalue]

Yeah, and I would consider worshipping in order to get to heaven to be toadying and/or begging out of fear. You're bowing down to a tyrant who has shown himself (in the make believe Xian world) to be a liar, and the most immoral piece of shit you could imagine. This is not worship, it's obedience out of fear.

I mean, I can understand the pragmatic need to pretend to worship some maniac who kidnaps you and keeps you at gunpoint, demanding it of you. You do it until you can get away. But I doubt theists would see this as the same, or admit this is what they are essentially doing.