ilaeriu t1_je27yvj wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:42 PM Reply to 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 So just like a human being from Nazareth, who defied the Jewish clergy, and attracted a sheer number of people who believed in his extraordinary miracles, led to him becoming canonized as a God? Permalink 1
ilaeriu t1_je27yvj wrote
Reply to 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
So just like a human being from Nazareth, who defied the Jewish clergy, and attracted a sheer number of people who believed in his extraordinary miracles, led to him becoming canonized as a God?