The Persia that produced Zarathustra had entities called Daevas, they were disagreeable gods of chaos, disunity and the lie. Daevas, as the monotheistic fevers of empire builders and farmers predicted their own bountiful and plentiful future through enforced unity, became Demons who had to be written out of the Zarathustrian Scriptures. To summarize, these "One God Freaks" represent a failure of imagination and of history.
The questions to ask yourself is : What is Honor? If I am to be honorable do I need a heaven in my future to reward me for being honorable?
Let me put it this way. Honor is a quality of the "Who." The "What" of you can have high status and "Zero Honor," as in the banal CEO. Or, the "What" of you can have high honor and "Zero Status," as in a Luddite Weaver.
And yes! Of course Ned Ludd has been branded Daevas.
