What&where are these alleged gawd things??

@GreenAtheist Nowhere. Nowhere at all.

@KKGator truth and what was best defined by Einstein: " In any physical equation, you must assign the value of zero to gawds"

@altschmerz Its on netflix

@Larry-new Life is SO much more interesting when there is a devil around!

Now that is funny.

I’m on the highway to hell. Highway to hell. Don’t stop me!!

See you all there.

How can we have "free will" when some god constantly meddles in people's affairs. People, invariably become puppets doing what they think (or are told) their god wants them to do.

@JackPedigo You can use that same argument about the police, governments, churches or even parents.
So accepting for the sake of argument that there is a god for a moment, then a god who is capable of saving a child from assault and does not is not worthy of worship, and this being a god who is omnipresent, all powerful and presumably capable of ending the assault with no damage to either party, one could logically only draw the conclusion he she or it is evil.
However most religious people will still contort themselves in to theological knots to say this is not so, and excuse the hideousness of it with pathetic platitudes, rather than face the obvious truth that the most probable solution and reason for god not saving the child is that there is no god at all.

@LenHazell53 Evil is a human idea. What's evil to some is good to others and what's evil to humans is normal for nature. Remember, nature is red of tooth and claw. Governments and laws are needed to keep humans at bay. Otherwise we would break into constant fighting and disarray. Why is worship necessary for a deist god? Why is it a gods responsibility to keep any species, human or otherwise from harm? Protection of humans is our responsibility and not some ethereal being. We could say, therefore mother nature is evil and where would that get us?

@JackPedigo You are predicating your whole position on humans being inherently "evil" and all nature being "red in tooth and claw" both of which contentions are demonstrably untrue.
However to move on to your major points " Why is worship necessary for a deist god? " it is not, because there is no such thing, worship however even of an imaginary god is necessary if you are a church wanting to exploit the gullible, worship is what is needed to ensure continuous membership, continuous tithing, and continuous authority.
"Why is it a gods responsibility to keep any species, human or otherwise from harm?" again it is not because they he or it does not exist. HOWEVER when a key selling point of a church's god product is that this deity WILL keep you safe, will protect you from evil intent and will watch over you like a father, you have a problem when it does not. The only way around this for religion is that god's loves and protection are conditional on your being "good" and that if harm comes to you it must necessarily be an indicator the you were not good enough, because you do not measure up to the divine idea of perfection as embodied by a god who will allow harm to come to the helpless.
The freewill argument holds no water since in such a case the person who intervenes show more morality than (presuming for the sake or argument it exists) the deity who does not, and can so it may be assumed also has a morally inferior definition of free will that in human terms equates to at best gross negligence.
"Protection of humans is our responsibility and not some ethereal being." this is of course axiomatic and leads us to the conclusion that there is in all probability no god, or slightly less likely there is one but it is completely uninterested in us, which in practical terms amounts to the same thing as there not being one.

@LenHazell53 First off it's not just about Humans. We are not the only species on this planet nor are we superior to the other life forms on the planet. We do not determine what is true and not; it is a natural force and it becomes clear when we are in a pinch (we have reverted to cannibalism under stressful conditions). I am not predicating my position on humans being evil. They are neither evil nor good but only do what they need to do to survive. We have had many discussions on Darwinism on the site about this issue before.

A person who intervenes is also not a B & W issue. There are cases of intervening being immoral. Again, previous discussion on this site on this. There is an experiment known as the "Trolley Problem." I take a different, more realistic approach to this and if someone me something I have not heard before I might listen. Otherwise not.

Regarding scientists in hell meme, also:

1. Free rock concerts every night with dancing;
2. Two words - “open bar”;
3. Naturally occurring hot tubs.
   

so god can watch you masturbate but won't stop a child rape?

Maybe some god thingies like that type of stuff. I think I heard once that the Muhammad was into young boys after his supposed encounter with his God thingie experience.

There goes omnipotency!!!

@Rodatheist lol right