Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7232811-20130506192751/@comment-6078851-20130507122441

not sure i totally agree....

in our real world most crap that has befell our species has been through the machinations of institutionalised religion, which is based on fiction (that's just my opinion though), but in 40k the veneration of gods or god-like beings is based on there actually being gods and god-like entities.

the eldar gods are/were real entities although i don't know how much they gained from worship, the chaos gods certainly do gain via worship, and while lorgar and co. may have been off the mark before emps' 'ascension', the religious worship of empy is one of the few things that is keeping the imperium intact.

while real world religions have a problem accepting the possible existance of other religions' gods, in 40k it's the gods themselves who have a problem with the actual existance of other gods.