enter_nam t1_je10azc wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:09 PM Reply to comment by khanto0 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 They also retconned the Old Gods as Saints Permalink Parent 19
enter_nam t1_je10azc wrote
Reply to comment by khanto0 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
They also retconned the Old Gods as Saints