An Interesting Tale:
it is narrated that a heathen built a statue at his house to worship it. This  heathen had Found out that the more he worshipped the idol, the more increased his disappointment in life was. At last, he became furious when he discovered that his prayers were useless. So, he took the statue and hurled it against the wall where it was broken and a quantity of gold fell out of it. Then the man (heathen) shouted: "it seems that i am (was) worshipping an idiot god (deity) that responds more to strokes than prayers."