Here is the St. Charles (me) paraphrase. I don't care what the other people are doing it's going to end badly for them. Listen, DO NOT LIVE LIKE THEM! I'm God and I know better.
It is easy to look at those around you and conclude that everything is going great so why not try it. An episode on the old Twilight Zone called The Old Man in the Mountian gave a great picture of this and man's propensity to destroy oneself. People who feel they are depraved destroy the one thing that is keeping them alive as it is the thing that warns them of the things that are dangerous in a post-nuclear world. As a result of its destruction and the people ignoring the warnings, everyone dies. The one man who didn't participate sees this and he bemoans the death of everyone. in the closing credits In the closing credits says "Mr. Goldsmith, survivor. An eyewitness to man's imperfection. An observer of the very human trait of greed. And a chronicler of the last chapter—the one reading "suicide". Not a prediction of what is to be, just a projection of what could be. This has been - The Twilight Zone."1
Man has tried to kill God but succeeds only in ignoring him and God's warning that the land itself will vomit them out. Nature revolts against man seeking unbridled pleasure.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_in_the_Cave
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