The Ontology of Religion

In ancient Near Eastern cosmology, the only goals and objectives are mine to live a successful life. So the view of the gods or God here is essentially hostile, if not hostile, indifferent and certainly inscrutable. The gods were arbitrary, they were capricious and their endeavors were whims that we can't read. Now out of that dynamic, what kind of religion emerges? It's as far as religion's there, it's there to help me be successful in life. And vital behind this, they had no idea what on earth were the ends or the goals of the gods. That was totally vacant space in the ancient Near Easterncosmology,. They just needed to manipulate and coer