Now, this entire post will be my philosphy. Despite my general beliefs and workings with Shintoism, and the Earthen Draconic religion, as well as true Luciferianism, I do not worship any god.
In short, Gods are not needed. Especially gods who ask for or demand worship for their services or miracles.
In my entire life, Lucifer, Beelzebub, Mammon, Leviathan, Belphegor, etc, all have provided me their workings without worship, none have denied me from help due to lack of offering - You may equate this to me being a demon so they are inclined to help me regardless, but the principle is still there. No entity should request worship for anything.
Why? Well, even with the consideration of fate, you are the main character in your life, you are the god of your life, you are your entire universe, your reality, you are everything in your life. So what right does any entity have to demean you as lesser, as not important, to view you as weaker or as inferior to them? There is no reason, there is no merit for that belief.
Now, you might ask, how am I the god of my own life? Well, you largely control whether you live or die. You could grab a gun and end your life, you could drink various poisons, yet you do not. No spiritual entity can kill you, the best they can do is try to make you do it yourself.
Now, is this saying that people who have been murdered, r//ed, or otherwise hurt or killed by other people wanted it or planned it? No, that's not what this is, although I could delve into the theory of quantum immortality, I don't think that would support this philosophy.
This theory instead is about yourself and the ego, you should never view yourself as lesser.
One of the largest issues for young ones I see is the rush to work with, or beg gods to grow wings or shift. None of it is needed. Shifting and Growing wings is not a spiritual endeavor, it is a physical one. Spirituality can be involved, but the basis of it isn't spiritual.
In truth, what could a god help you with that you cannot do yourself? They cannot magickally make your wings grow overnight, nor can they make you shift suddenly, all of it must still be worked towards regardless, so why submit yourself to narcissistic entities who, in the end, supply nothing?
Even if you are or work with spirituality every day, there is nothing you need a god for - All of my knowledge of dragons, shifting, spiritual work, of hell, everything I know, has come from my own intuition, from my own wish to know and learn more. No god has ever been needed for me to know about what I am, or shift.
The ego is a marvelous thing, once you start viewing yourself as important, as the driving factor for change in your life, your whole life becomes brighter. Now, you won't want to overdo it, but to view yourself as the main character in your life, so why wouldn't you grow wings, why wouldn't you be able to shift, why can't you be psychic, this affirmation and removal of doubt is the most powerful thing in existence.
You can do anything you wish to, by yourself, without any god or entity needed.
I have tried to work with various gods throughout my life, Tiamat, Quetzalcoatl, The christian god, Demeter, Artemis, Loki, Thor, Odin, Nidhoggr, Amaterasu and Inari.
And while I still consider some of them friendly, parental figures even, there is no miracle, no work, no magic they can preform that I cannot do myself. So why should I view myself as lesser to them? Tiamat tried to kill me, Thor and Loki sent me off in a different direction, Demeter and Artemis refuse to talk to me after my realization that I do not need any deity, The only ones that have stayed near and have never tried to hurt me or deflect my questions have been Inari and Amaterasu.
Lucifer has even tried to prevent me from knowledge, deflecting my suspicions, attempting to stall my awakening, but in the end, he released those locks.
Out of pity? Perhaps for some, Gods pity their lack of self worth, but no, Instead I feel it was out of respect. We have the same ego, the same pride in our stars.
When you view yourself as your own god, as the most important person, there is nothing that can stand in your way. All doubt will be erased, all blocks will cease to exist.
You control your life, You work to change your life, no one else does. No amount of worship, of offerings, no amount of devotion will change your life.
You may think, the gods are preventing you from achieving wings, shifting, or anything else as a test, but the test is made in your mind. The only block that exists is the notion that you are somehow lesser, that you are at the mercy of entities recorded often wrongly by humans.
Once you learn this, the canvas becomes your own, and you wield the paintbrush.