OP doesn't believe lithium to be some kind of deity either. It's just a metaphor. Lithium gave them life, creator gods give life.
If lithium were a deity, it wouldn't exist.
If lithium were a deity, it wouldn't exist.
In your opinion perhaps. In my opinion it's a perfectly good example of poor writing as well as a superiority complex.
> If lithium were a deity, it wouldn't exist.
Please.