Everyone worships something

“Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.” Romans 1:22-23
Everyone worships something. Some will scoff at this statement, especially atheists, claiming they don’t worship anything. But since man was created to worship God, if people remove God from their lives, that object of worship will change to something much, much inferior. People worship their career, their possessions, their family. These things become their number one in life, the purpose of their existence. You don’t have to be bowing down at an altar, or attending a religious gathering, to be worshipping something.
The Bible tells us that true wisdom begins with fearing God (Prov. 9:10). Man’s so-called wisdom is as foolishness in God’s sight (1 Cor. 1:25). This is why rejecting God is foolishness, even though many who do so claim to be wise and enlightened, particularly in academic circles.
People reject God because they don’t want to be accountable to Him. It’s not a question of they can’t believe, but that they won’t believe. It’s a conscious decision they make, and one that sells them short when it comes to eternity.