We are all given TheMeasureOfFaith at birth and we are born with a sense that there is a God. However, lack of proper Education and misplaced Priorities lead children away from God.
Even those who come into Relationship with God can Forget Him - allow themselves to get distracted by the things of this World.

In order for a person to Worship False gods, they must first Forget the True and Living God.

As to serving these False gods, there is not alternative. False gods lead to Servitude and Bondage.

Regardless of the path a person takes to forgetting God, they will Perish - not because of something that God does to them but because in Him is Life while outside of Him is Death.