2006-08-08 11:17:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No idea. Good question. But it's good practice to believe that you are. It makes more positive and more responsible people.
2006-08-16 01:48:58 · answer #1 · answered by Greek Oracle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Budda and the Romans sort of made that one. Both ideas by different places and people.
Roma Paxta means 50 years of peace. This is where the Romans lived as their own Gods, although other religions where around.
Budda also preached it after he reached "total peace" or something like that.
I'm not a Buddist, but I just know these things.
-Hytegia
2006-08-08 18:40:09 · answer #2 · answered by Hytegia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a bad interpretation. The theory is that we are all God. NOT that we are part of God, not that we are all our own God's. Its a Buddhist come Hindu principle and it is very much central to my philosophy.
The thing is that to gain enlightenment, you have to accept that you are not capable. You have to ask god for help. But at the same time you have to accept that you are one with God. That you and God are one and the same. It is not, strangely, an arrogant realization but a humble one. God is in all things, you can not more separate yourself from it than you can cut a cheese with a line of longitude.
2006-08-16 20:05:48 · answer #3 · answered by The Dude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, I heard a theory that in prehistoric time, people created Gods by accident using their collective mind power. And any person can make a small God or empower himself. With sufficient belief
2006-08-15 20:38:36 · answer #4 · answered by Duke 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buddha lived 500 years before Christ, so if he said it (like your answerer's suggest) then that must be so. Christ said 'you are gods, become what you are.' but I believe that the concept of being in charge of your own life - responsible for your actions and having an internal barometer of right and wrong - ie using your higher self and always striving for the best is far more ancient than Buddha or Christ.
2006-08-15 07:30:58 · answer #5 · answered by sheila 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of such a theory. But heard that everyone is god.It says that everything in the Universe is formed of a single entity, and after distruction it all dissolves back into the source. Kind of drop of water falling in the ocean.
2006-08-13 06:29:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mid-century artist who became famous for painting a can of Campbell's Tomato Soup, Andy Warhole. He also said, "Don't trust anyone over thirty." Several years later, he said, "Don't trust anyone over forth."
He also predicted that, at some time in the future, everyone would be a lawyer, ... but only for 15 minutes.
Finally, he wrote his own epitaph: "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."
Whatta' guy.
2006-08-08 19:51:03 · answer #7 · answered by Goethe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know if he was the first, but Zarathustra(also known as Zoroaster) believed this when he was founding Zoroastrianism in like 1200 BC or so...
(many scholars acknowledge this as the earliest written religion... Others were still oral traditions.)
2006-08-16 19:53:53 · answer #8 · answered by special-chemical-x 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
while this is just a theory, and an unproven one at that, advertising, the media and pactically every consumer oriented corporation, are actually going to a great deal of trouble to convince the human subconscious it is indeed so..
2006-08-16 07:38:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A classic but very good book on this subject is Heinlines "Stranger in a Strange Land." Really a great read but will make you wonder if you are god forever. : )
2006-08-16 17:49:48 · answer #10 · answered by Laura B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋