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What would you do?

If you awoke one day to find you could perform miracles, heal the sick, raise the dead, knew all the answers to lifes most difficult questions, could impart wisdom to soothe the most troubled souls, knew the true meaning of life, shared your knowledge to any and all who would listen and then found out that the people who had heard your teachings and decided to follow you had started to create a religion with you as its leader would you allow it and lead it?

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SamL 7 Oct 9
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First of all, I question those first three words, "if you awoke" you would have to still be asleep and dreaming for this to be happening; end of story.

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I would do a better job them, unlike Yahweh, Allah, or Jesus. I think this is more of a question for a believer. They ponder contemplating their navals and why does god make fleas. I do know that anyone who had this imaginary power could do a far better job than Jesus. The Jesus character cured the leper, but not leprosy. He cured the blind man, but not blindness. He fed the multitudes and yet billions of living creatures, human and non-human die of starvation. He raised his friend from the dead, but every living creature dies. He cursed an innocent fig tree, sent demons into a herd of innocent pigs (why were pigs in a Jewish country), and he suffered less than three days of an inconvenience, since he is not dead, according to the story. He stole 12 men from their families, advised the poor to be complacent and to give unto Caesar, and his story differs from gospel to gospel. This is a god who fathered himself, sacrificed himself to himself, in order to appease his blood lust, and yet those who cannot see any evidence are condemned to eternal suffering, despite the virtue of their lives. There is no biological, historical, anthropological, nor archaeological evidence of his existence. He knew nothing about refrigeration, antibiotics, or where the sun went at night. This is a man who knew nothing of running water or hygiene, even preaching against hand washing, and he and his mother shit in the street. This is the king of kings.

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This is when you learn about humility, humbleness, leave ego at the door and continue to do great things without accepting anything back in return other than maybe a thank you and a smile. You teach those that want to start this that they don't need to be a cult. It's not needed nor is important.

Check out Illusions by Richard Bach and The Man from Earth by Jerome Bixby.

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You're asking a human that doesn't have those powers what they would do with them if they did. I suspect any answer you get would not reflect the reality if this actually did happen to them. Not that anyone is lying it's just impossible for us to comprehend what that power would do to us. I hope I never get to find out.

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