Why worship?

[Chad32]

That is what worries me, since how can you distinguish the voice of "god" in your head from mental illness?

Sure you can.
One can test what was said against how it plays in reality.

If God gives direction in business, then look at the business to see if it flourishes or fails.

If God gives direction if wisdom, and His word look to what is say, and how it applies.

If God gives direction in family matters look at the resolution and where the family is over time.

If these things are from God then the person who receives them will be better off than when he started. In truth when one receives direction from God all aspects of life are effected, so when one is successful in all aspects and attributes these successes to God, if you believe mental illness can also be a possible explaination then it is your job to identify what specific illness that leads itself to personal and business sucess and then provide proof of this illness.

Otherwise know your whole arguement is an appeal to probability from a position of ignorance.

This is where you say if something turns out good, it's Yahweh. The implication being that if it turns out bad, it's just you.

The alternate translation you gave says to abandon everyone, including what you want. This is pretty close to the same thing, and still bad advice coming from a guy that's supposed to care about you.

Why do I need to go farther than him saying be obedient to cruel masters, instead of saying escape the bonds of slavery for it is evil for one human to own another? Jesus suffered a horrible death before coming back and becoming the ruler of the universe. Do the slaves who live their whole lives under the heel of cruel masters get such a reward? There is no comparison here.