I made a new world, got a new skin, "wildman" and decided to try a pure nomad, hunter gatherer, sort of thing. I just read American Gods, and so I decided, just for a bit of flavor, I had my "wildman" persona worship the various natural forces in Minecraft. I had to stay for the night inside a cavernous mountain, so I ended up going "Praise the Mighty Mountain" a few times. The cavern opening in the side of the mountain had some surface lava next to it, which I referred to as the "blood of the mountain". I "sacrificed" quite a bit of my food in order to appease the mountain god, along with some leather, by throwing the stuff into the lava. I was securing the perimeter, fixing up holes in the cavernous part of the mountain, when a creeper appeared.
I had taken to calling the creepers "green demons", and I managed to build a slight one block high barricade at the mouth of the entrance. I prepared to fight it, when the creeper walked into the lava, burning itself to death. I was in awe. I profusely thanked the mountain for protecting me from the green demon, and sacrificed the last of my food. A worthy sacrifice, in gratitude to such a benevolent god.
This just shows how fun Minecraft can be when you look past the gameplay, the graphics, everything.