This interpretation of what faith is was created during the Reformation. Which was unfortunately a few millennia after this episode. Ancient religions were definitely based on getting the goods by magic - they really did sacrifice those oxen to get YHWH to win the war for them, they really did sacrifice those fatted calves to get Zeus to get the king to make good decisions, they really did sacrifice those pigeons to get Portunus the god of locks to keep the lock working.

It's not fatted calves, but we do sacrifice some money to the quantum folks so they can break our enemies' encryption locks ... in like 25 years ...