mastaace t1_je22fo2 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:06 PM Reply to comment by Lost-Saint 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 You can think of it as becoming lucid in a dream (and gaining some control/agency), while knowing that the dream belongs to someone else. Permalink Parent 2
mastaace t1_je22fo2 wrote
Reply to comment by Lost-Saint 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
You can think of it as becoming lucid in a dream (and gaining some control/agency), while knowing that the dream belongs to someone else.