venomweilder t1_je0d64p wrote on March 28, 2023 at 2:41 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 Didn’t George Washington ascend just the same. See the Washington apotheosis painting on the top of the dome at the capitol. Permalink 4
venomweilder t1_je0d64p 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
Didn’t George Washington ascend just the same. See the Washington apotheosis painting on the top of the dome at the capitol.