The god of Consumer Christianity does not inspire awe and wonder because he is nothing more than a commodity to be used for our personal satisfaction and self-achievement.

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

Prosperity, both for individuals and for states, means possessions; and possessions mean burdens and harness and slavery; and slavery for the mind, too, because it is not only the rich man's time that is pre-empted, but his affections, his judgement, and the range of his thoughts.

Neither am I the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds, I am not a sacrifice on their altars.

Remember that fortune and misfortune should be left to heaven and natural law. They are not to be bough by prayer or any cunning device to be thought of by any man or self-styled saint. p848

Commodification has led most people to view God as a device to be used rather than an all-powerful Creator to be revered.

I am not the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds, I am not a sacrifice on their altars.

Intelligence is a mere instrument of circumstances.

Is there a wisdom in objects? Few objects praise the Lord.

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

Religion is just a controlling tool they employ and adhere to when convenient.

The natural law is an instrument for progress, not a weapon of revolution.

Knowledge, that tendeth but to satisfaction, is but as a courtesan, which is for pleasure, and not for fruit or generation.

A god that created the world and then walked off the site leaving it to its own devices is not a fit object of worship, nor a source of moral authority.