Question

All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is :  comparing pain and suffering

Missing information:

It was inevitable that she should accept any inconsistency and cruelty from her deity as all good worshippers do from theirs. All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.

Explanation:

This passage is about suffering and it is expressed as if it weren't an end in and of itself. The people involved experience the fullness of life and the good thing that may come in bad things.  It is about enjoying the pain that those gods dole out and the pleasure in the pain that motivates them to worship gods.