Snake_in_a_tree t1_je29ey4 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:52 PM Reply to comment by Vegan_Harvest 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 Kua-Toa! Permalink Parent 3
Snake_in_a_tree t1_je29ey4 wrote
Reply to comment by Vegan_Harvest 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
Kua-Toa!