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I was just thinking (And this subject may have already been brought up) are all races in the worship of khorne unknowingly? I mean he is the God of war killing and all that right? And well 40k is basically a Giant Khorne worshiping galaxy then. Or do you actually have to pledge your kills to the God for them to be his trophies and all?

Well alot of races have their own god's of war: Kaine for the eldar, Gork (or Mork idk ) of the orks ect. I think the idea of saying the SoB worship Khorne just because they kill people is a little silly.

Well of course I know that lol , Im just asking a general question if that's what they all could technically be doing since Khorne is the God of slaughter and all, are they worshiping him unknowingly?

First off: It's "Khorne".

They're not worshiping him, but they probably fuel his power by their hatred as that is one of the emotions Khorne is based upon. I think Khorne is just powered a whole lot more by anyone actively slaughtering in his name.

Enginseer wrote:First off: It's "Khorne".

They're not worshiping him, but they probably fuel his power by their hatred as that is one of the emotions Khorne is based upon. I think Khorne is just powered a whole lot more by anyone actively slaughtering in his name.

Yeah but thats no different from anybody with a cold fueling Nurgle, Its not in the same league. Sure the gods live off the emotions of mortals, but its nothing like the people worshiping them.

(lol I didnt notice the spelling error )

But most races don't kill for the sake of killing. They only fight to further their own goals (capturing planets, "purifying" heretics and the like).

So, my answer: No, they don't worship him at all. Other races fight/kill because it is a means to an end (and the only means possible really). Khorne followers slaughter for the sake of MOAR SKULLS!! BLOOD FOR THE BLOODGOD!! ...Quite a difference.

Enginseer wrote:But most races don't kill for the sake of killing. They only fight to further their own goals (capturing planets, "purifying" heretics and the like).

So, my answer: No, they don't worship him at all. Other races fight/kill because it is a means to an end (and the only means possible really). Khorne followers slaughter for the sake of MOAR SKULLS!! BLOOD FOR THE BLOODGOD!! ...Quite a difference.

Yeah, with the exception of Orks, Necrons, Tyranids and Chaos all the races seem to kill as more of a solution to a problem, rather than just for the hell of it
All the races might fuel Khorne's power (being why he's the most powerful of the 4 gods) but it's completely different from them worshiping him.

No, you have to be aware of Khorne to Worship him. A lot of the races out there won't even be aware of what he is. Even Imperial Guard armies are kept in the dark about the nature of the Chaos Gods, if you don't know about them then you won't turn to them.

Even if you are aware of Khorne you would still have to dedicate yourself to him to actually Worship him and follow his ways.

I suppose you could indirectly feed, for lack of a better term, Khorne as slaughter and conflict is from where he gets his power form.

Gorechild wrote:

Enginseer wrote:But most races don't kill for the sake of killing. They only fight to further their own goals (capturing planets, "purifying" heretics and the like).

So, my answer: No, they don't worship him at all. Other races fight/kill because it is a means to an end (and the only means possible really). Khorne followers slaughter for the sake of MOAR SKULLS!! BLOOD FOR THE BLOODGOD!! ...Quite a difference.

Yeah, with the exception of Orks, Necrons, Tyranids and Chaos all the races seem to kill as more of a solution to a problem, rather than just for the hell of it
All the races might fuel Khorne's power (being why he's the most powerful of the 4 gods) but it's completely different from them worshiping him.

orks (but they don't feed chaos) and chaos fight cos they love fighting

necons kill to solve a problem, the organic problem

tryanids kill to solve a problem, hunger

as to the chaos gods its pretty simple, emotions and actions in the material world create and feed them. but there is a big difference between feeding due to action and actively worshipping the god. the prime example is that slannesh was created by the eldar, but they don't worship the she-he.

you punch someone in a bar its cos you think the guy is a (this action feeds khrone), you scream blood for the blood god as you do it, you are doing it as part of your worship of khrone (this action feeds khrone and makes him a bit more happy).

That is why Khorne is the oldest of the chaos gods, because it is very easy to fuel his power without worshipping him.

I don't think things without a warp signature/soul could empower chaos even if they tried, so crons and tau don't as far as I can tell. Also the tyranids seem so connected to the warp but yet so sepearte from chaos, truely alien in form and in their magik powerzzz!!11 Not to mention they're really just eating.

Remember its not so much the act. But the resultant emotion's caused by it. I think Khorne gets more out of his faithful mindlessly spilling blood and burning planets in his name than say a rational loyalist space marine who uses his hard learned training as a tool to a means. Or a guardsman taking up the call to join the guard and fight because that's what he feels is the right thing to do. But can they inadvertently feed some aspect of him with extremes of emotion during battle? Of course. It doesn't mean they are worshipping him actively though.

No so much as worship but it's something that just happens you can't not kill someone and not have that empower khorne in some way he embodies all things bloody violent and awesome there is no escaping him.