There’s another factor here. Pre-agricultural, shamanic religions tend to feature spirits rather than gods. The main difference being that spirits are not anthropomorphic, which really changes how you expect them to behave and how you interact with them. So for example a wind spirit is not a magic man who makes the wind, but is rather the wind itself. A respect for nature is implicit. It’s only after farming and settling, when we really began to shape and control our environment, that we imagined the controlling forces of the universe as being essentially human: a projection of human kings, complete with the vice, cruelty and will to subjugate and consume everything that entails.
There’s another factor here. Pre-agricultural, shamanic religions tend to feature spirits rather than gods. The main difference being that spirits are not anthropomorphic, which really changes how you expect them to behave and how you interact with them. So for example a wind spirit is not a magic man who makes the wind, but is rather the wind itself. A respect for nature is implicit. It’s only after farming and settling, when we really began to shape and control our environment, that we imagined the controlling forces of the universe as being essentially human: a projection of human kings, complete with the vice, cruelty and will to subjugate and consume everything that entails.
I mean even then, some people were like “Hey so there’s this god of wine and orgies. Anyway, we’re gonna go worship him in a cave, wanna come?”