Repulsive_Hour_4559 t1_je1v3uu wrote on March 28, 2023 at 8:20 PM Reply to comment by machina99 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 Popular belief driving an official response is pretty much the system that drives many aspects of religious doctrine Permalink Parent 17
Repulsive_Hour_4559 t1_je1v3uu wrote
Reply to comment by machina99 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
Popular belief driving an official response is pretty much the system that drives many aspects of religious doctrine