In fact, they do not need followers, nor do they need offerings, not even a priest to speak for them.
From some perspectives, the gods here are closely connected to mortals, yet still separated, as if living in another world.
Having heard the mythic stories told on Saturday, every native can deeply sense this.
Although all are called gods, the gods here fundamentally differ from their gods.
Moreover, the gods here do not interfere in the lives of mortals.
The sorrow of the gods, the anger of the gods, the joy of the gods happened long, long ago and have little to do with them.
They only need to listen to stories of the gods; they don't even need to think about whether those gods truly existed.
Even the gods worshipped in rituals seem eternally shrouded in a mysterious mist, without intersecting their lives.
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It can be said that the "new education" on the island is basically an atheism built on materialism.
