I didn&#x27;t say anything about God. They aren&#x27;t like other people. It can be distinctly useful. They just need to be respected. Maybe that would have been a better term than revere. The respect does two things. It helps them exist; They need it and we ought to help them. In doing so we learn useful things about ourselves. They&#x27;re exaggerations of a part of us. I think this is the point of the GP. A society fit for a shaman is a better society for everyone else. This is congruent with your idea that they&#x27;re just wackos. They have no idea how they&#x27;re being helpful.