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Designer-Arugula-419 t1_je02bdw 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

Modern people do it with fame. It essentially leads to godhood. Look at what rock stars have gotten away with.

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koenigsaurus t1_je08yw0 wrote

Yep. This practice is still very much alive in modern Western culture, it’s just got different names now because monotheism is pretty strict about the definition of a god.

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COSLEEP t1_je341ou wrote

Tom Brady is worshiped and hated like a god

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Caedro t1_je22p95 wrote

Gaiman’s concept of the new gods in “American gods” was fascinating to me. Where we invest our time/focus/energy/worship we create our own gods. Money, TV, internet, etc.

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