And they probably considered themselves brilliant for their choice. Jeepers...
Spirited: No doubt. But of course they are not in control, as they foolishly believe. For neither are our minds (spirits) nor the ideas that occur to our minds things that we can see, hear, touch, taste, or smell. They are of the unseen dimension. Thus saith the Lord:
“This wicked people have refused to hear my word....Behold, I will fill them....with madness.” (Jeremiah 13:10, 13
And so——fools (in their madness) say in their hearts, there is no God.