“As soon as you get to the place to where you think you’re smart without God”
But Jack. I’m an atheist. I think however smart I am, it’s without gods. Also, I’m moral without gods, and a good father without gods, and a lousy artist at drawing, without gods.
“ and you can formulate your own philosophy about God and who God is,”
Meh. Once I’ve realized i don’t believe in any gods, I don’t need to spend that much time on them.
“then the next step is your worship of the creature. Why? You’ve got to worship the creature if you think you can figure out who God is.”
All I can think of is: (the gods) may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato.
“If you draw up in your mind your own concept of God, you’re putting yourself before God.”
Have you drawn up, in your mind, your concept of Zeus? Your concept of Amaterasu? Your concept of Ra? Do you think you’reputting yourself ‘before’ them?
“You’re worshipping your own mind in the place of God, and the next thing is that you worship the creature or the body.”
No, not really. You just can’t imagine not worshiping SOMETHING.
"Now, you listen to me!”
Okay… For a little bit longer.
“When a nation gets to the place where nudity is prevalent, what else does it look for?”
Hang on. I’m old enough to remember Janet’s nipple-slip at the Superbowl. I would not say that nudity is all that prevalent in society, now with all the outroaring from that…
“One reason God intends for folks to wear clothes is because the unknown gives you added property to explore.”
Wait, god did NOT intent for people to wear clothes, his INTENT was nude people in paradise. Clothes aren’t his intent, just a stopgap measure after Adam and Clone were overcome by knowledge. Which was also unintended.
“Don’t snicker when I say that!”
No, Jack, I just find you pathetic.
"To what does he turn? First, he turns to sex perversion or unnatural acts.”
I don’t want to kink-shame you, Jack, but that’s not how my mind works. The more often i see my wife nude, the more I want pretty straight-forward sex.
The less often I see her naked, such as when I made Navy patrols, the more I want to see her naked for straight-forward sex.
“When that runs its course, to what does he turn?”
I’m 63 and still have not ‘run (sex) course.’
“He turns to women committing sex with women and men committing sex with men.”
No. What appeals to my sexuality has always appealed to my sexuality. There’s no slippery slope where i have ever gone from Playboy playmates to lesbians or gay porn.
“Now, that is as low as you can get. Here is the order again:
1. We do not glorify god or give thanks to Him”
Okay. So, about when I was twelve.
“2. We become vain in our imaginations”
My daydreams tend to sponsor me, but my fiction writing is less self-centered.
“.3 We become wise in their own eyes”
You need a beta reader.
“4. We make a false religion”
Uh huh…
“5. We worship the creature instead of the Creator”
Not even close.
“Let me say a little more about that third point- becoming wise in our own eyes.”
Well, I am often told I’m clever, butthere are many people smarter than me. not YOU, but some people.