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Ok-Cut4890 t1_je028jv wrote

Reply to comment by AudibleNod in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys

It was common in ancient cultures of the Europe/West Asia/North Africa until monotheistic beliefs changed things.

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khanto0 t1_je0kj1x wrote

Still common in Cristianity throughout its history, all the people who got annointed as Saints for varies works, basically became demi-gods.

Patron Saint of.... is basically the same as God of...

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enter_nam t1_je10azc wrote

They also retconned the Old Gods as Saints

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p314159i t1_je40fks wrote

And this is often why some protestants call the catholics polytheists as they have not cast off the relics of paganism yet. As the bible absolutely must be taken literally except for the part where Jesus says that this wine is his blood and this bread is his body. That's metaphorical.

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