I once was challenged with “Well if Jesus was electrocuted would you wear a small electric chair or have an electric chair mounted on your church?” - There are some people you just can’t reach.
My uncle the bishop used “well if Jesus were beat to death with a shoe, would you wear a shoe around your neck”.
Next time I saw him I had put a Barbie shoe on a chain and had it around my neck, he was not amused.
You are correct, the draw of godhood is great (just ask Eve), and it is a shell of defiance difficult to break.