I've always had trouble understanding how the Cthulhu cults came to be. Why worship something that only spells the end? Why make offerings for nothing in return?
@AnimuVsMango I think the idea is that the old ones themselves drive people insane so that they either welcome the end or feel like they have to worship them.
(Plus old H.P. was super racist, and didn't think much of non-white religions)
‘Lovecraft was a racist...’
Well sure. He was also a cat-lover.
And At the Mountains of Madness confirmed that humanity was basically a biological fuck-up.
So don’t get the feeling he had a love for humanity in general.