Not really an apt comparison.

well I mean,

people worship God because they love him, isn't that good?

Worship isn't a healthy love, I don't worship my wife and it wouldn't be healthy if I did.

People express their love of God through worship because it's what he wants, not because it's inherent to their love of God.

well, let's be honest here... your wife is probably not God, that's all that line of reasoning leads to

Yeah that's not exactly a refutation of my line of reasoning. You're just making an ad-hoc exception for God and calling it a day.

they are Worshiping God because they Love him, not because he 'wants'... because he loves us back... they feel it through and through... and are expressing their feelings...


everything comes from spirit first...

it's exactly why I see Atheists 'not worshiping God'... because they don't have that spirit yet, one day they might have it and will be set free by it.. the Holy Spirit...

People believe what they are conditioned to believe. They make marginal decisions based on the path they think is optimal. Some are just conditioned poorly.

is loving someone equivalent to being brainwashed by that person though?

When you remove their desires to do anything else, yes.

how is that possible with free will though?