If you cast Footsteps of the Goryo targeting Thassa or any God card, and don't have the devotion to keep it a creature, does the Footsteps still have you sacrifice it at end of turn even though it ceases to be a creature?
You could target the god card no problem. But even if the characteristics change (in this case it ceases to become a creature) you'd still have to sacrifice it. The ability refers to that a specific object, so even though it says to sacrifice that creature it really means to sacrifice that "permanent".
If you cast Footsteps of the Goryo targeting Thassa or any God card, and don't have the devotion to keep it a creature, does the Footsteps still have you sacrifice it at end of turn even though it ceases to be a creature?
Yes.
603.7c A delayed triggered ability that refers to a particular object still affects it even if the object changes characteristics. However, if that object is no longer in the zone it’s expected to be in at the time the delayed triggered ability resolves, the ability won’t affect it. (Note that if that object left that zone and then returned, it’s a new object and thus won’t be affected. See rule 400.7.) Example: An ability that reads “Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step” will exile the permanent even if it’s no longer a creature during the next end step. However, it won’t do anything if the permanent left the battlefield before then.
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Yes.