I think he does explain his reason for this way of life / "worship" as he calls it. "There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only ch

I think he does explain his reason for this way of life / "worship" as he calls it. "There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship--be it JC or Allah, be it YHWH or the Wiccan Mother Goddess, or the Four Noble Truths, or some inviolable set of ethical principles--is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive"