History AGodAmI / RealLIfe

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Quiboloy Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy.]] To quote: "Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy is the Appointed '''Son of God''' in this last days." Since the Son of God (UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}) is God the Son, this cult leader essentially considers himself God.

*** The above 3 could all just be cases of narcissistic and/or anti-social personality disorders, i.e., TheSociopath, meaning that they were all just {{Manipulative Bastard}}s who ''told'' people that for money, power and ForTheEvulz. Jim Jones, for instance, used to be a con-man who reportedly once told a fellow criminal of a scheme to swindle people with a new religion, while Charles Manson has also claimed he was simply "nobody", and isn't considered insane by the state of California since he was simply locked up in prison for the rest of his life.

* Matt Thredening has formed a cult for worshipping the supposedly Lovecraftian-esque Will Ross-Girard.

* With Xi Jingping taking the seat in mainland China, he implemented the Xi Jingping thought as a bible, and deitified himself as the [[https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2017/november/china-christians-jesus-communist-president-xi-jinping-yugan.html lord and savior]] of China, with the CCP as the primary religion.

** Commodus declared himself the reincarnation of Hercules, dressed up as Hercules, to the point of wearing a lion pelt and sprinkling gold dust on his hair and had statues made of himself dressed up as Hercules, though to be fair, this is more a case of A Demi-God Am I,[[note]]Although most versions of ClassicalMythology hold that Hercules ascended to full godhood after his earthly death.[[/note]] overlapping with LoonyFan. Still, he gave himself the name [[OverlyLongName Lucius Aelius Commodus Marcus Aurelius Invictus Amazonius Exsuperatorius Felix Pius]] and had people address him as "[[TheMagnificent Dominus Noster]]" meaning "Our Lord" so he definitely counts. He also renamed Rome "[[{{Egopolis}} Commodus]]" and funnily enough was worshiped by the people of Great Britain, despite never having been there.

-->'''Klebold:''' [[FameThroughInfamy Directors will be fighting over this story.]] I know we’re gonna have followers because we’re so fucking God-like. We’re not exactly human -- we have human bodies but we’ve evolved into one step above you, fucking human shit. We actually have fucking self-awareness.

* [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/hollywood-craziest-lawsuits-court-cases-267628#12 Christopher Roller]] sued David Copperfield and David Blaine in 2005 on the rather ludicrous grounds that they were infringing on God's powers, and that Roller himself is God. Who does he think he is, a [[IncrediblyLamePun Holy Roller]]?

* People with psychosis sometimes get "Delusions of Grandeur", which can lead them to believe they are gods, a specific fictional character or famous person, or the next Jesus. People suffering from the 'mania' part of bipolar disorder often describe these thoughts as being perfectly logical at the time.

** Commodus declared himself the reincarnation of Hercules, dressed up as Hercules, to the point of wearing a lion pelt and sprinkling gold dust on his hair and had statues made of himself dressed up as Hercules, though to be fair, this is more a case of A Demi-God Am I, overlapping with LoonyFan. Still, he gave himself the name [[OverlyLongName Lucius Aelius Commodus Marcus Aurelius Invictus Amazonius Exsuperatorius Felix Pius]] and had people address him as "[[TheMagnificent Dominus Noster]]" meaning "Our Lord" so he definitely counts. He also renamed Rome "[[{{Egopolis}} Commodus]]" and funnily enough was worshiped by the people of Great Britain, despite never having been there.

* In an inversion, it is often said that Augustus Caesar specifically had a slave ordered to follow him and whisper the words "memento homo" (roughly translated as "remember you are human") to him in order to ensure that the praise and fawning did not go to his head. Didn't stop him from minting coins identifying him as Divini Filius, the son of (a) god.

* Throughout history, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mahdi_claimants several individuals]] have claimed to be the Mahdi, the MessianicArchetype in UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}. This is actually an even bolder claim than declaring themselves [[TheEmperor caliphs]] as those were merely the Prophet's successors, while the Mahdi is quite literally TheChosenOne. These claimants have founded states like the [[UsefulNotes/MoorishSpain Almohad Caliphate]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Iran}} Safavid Persia]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Sudan}} Mahdist Sudan]] or new sects like the Ahmadiyya movement, whose founder not only proclaimed himself the Mahdi but also the second coming of Jesus.

* The UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold frequently referred to themselves as "gods" or "godlike" in their journals, believing themselves to exist at [[EvolutionaryLevels a higher stage of evolution]] than their peers. Klebold even [[https://schoolshooters.info/sites/default/files/columbine_basement_tapes_1.0.pdf predicted]] that he and Harris would have followers for this reason, before debating with Harris whether Creator/StevenSpielberg or Creator/QuentinTarantino would direct the movie about them. Quite disturbingly, this prediction was borne out by [[MonsterFangirl their fans on the internet]] proclaiming the same.

* The UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold frequently referred to themselves as "gods" or "godlike" in their journals, believing themselves to exist at [[EvolutionaryLevels a higher stage of evolution]] than their peers. Harris even predicted that he would have followers for this reason. Quite disturbingly, this prediction was borne out by [[MonsterFangirl their fans on the internet]] proclaiming the same.

* Elliot Rodger, in his "manifesto", believed his eventual rampage would make him a living god.
--> '''Elliot Rodger''': "On the Day of Retribution, I will truly be a powerful god, punishing everyone I deem to be impure and depraved".

* The UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold frequently referred to themselves as "gods" or "godlike" in their journals, believing themselves to exist at [[EvolutionaryLevels a higher stage of evolution]] than their peers. Quite disturbingly, one can also find many of [[MonsterFangirl their fans on the internet]] proclaiming the same.

* A running joke has the difference between cats and dogs when it comes to the humans that take them in. The og thinks "They feed me, they house me and they love me. They must be God!" The cat thinks "They feed me, they house me, they love me. ''I'' must be God!"

** Jim Jones, founder of activist church The Peoples' Temple, which essentially became a personality cult with him as the ringleader. He claimed to be the reincarnation of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}, Buddha, Akhenaten, Vladimir Lenin, and Father Divine. He organized a mass suicide at Jonestown in Guyana by forcing his followers to drink Flavor-Aid laced with cyanide; it claimed the lives of 918 people.

** The same goes for the Emperor Nero who constructed a forty-metre bronze statue of himself dressed as the god of the sun in the open-roofed courtyard of the massive temple he had had built to himself, known as the Domus Aurea ("House of the Sun"). He persecuted the Christians, partly for denying his divinity.
** Commodus declared himself the reincarnation of Hercules, dressed up as Hercules, to the point of wearing a lion pelt and sprinkling gold dust on his hair and had statues made of himself dressed up as Hercules, though to be fair, this is more a case of A Demi-God Am I, overlapping with LoonyFan. Still, he gave himself the name [[OverlyLongName Lucius Aelius Commodus Marcus Aurelius Invictus Amazonius Exsuperatorius Felix Pius]] and had people address him as "[[TheMagnificent Dominus Noster]]" meaning "Our Lord" so he definitely counts. He also renamed Rome "[[{{Egopolis}} Commodus]]" and funnily enough was worshipped by the people of Great Britain, despite never having been there.

** David Koresh, leader of a Branch Davidians sect believed to be the final prophet AKA Jesus himself. A raid on his ranch in Waco, Texas in 1993 eventually started a fire. The aftermath left 52 adults and 21 children dead, including Koresh himself.

*** The above 3 could all just be cases of narcissistic and/or anti-social personality disorders, i.e., TheSociopath, meaning that they were all just {{Manipulative Bastard}}s who ''told'' people that for money, power and ForTheEvulz. Jim Jones, for instance used to be a con-man who reportedly once told a fellow criminal of a scheme to swindle people with a new religion, while Charles Manson has also claimed he was simply "nobody", and isn't considered insane by the state of California since he was simply locked up in prison for the rest of his life.

** Commodus declared himself the reincarnation of Hercules, dressed up as Hercules, to the point of wearing a lion pelt and sprinkling gold dust on his hair and had statues made of himself dressed up as Hercules, though to be fair, this is more a case of A Demi-God Am I, overlapping with LoonyFan. Still, he gave himself the name [[OverlyLongName Lucius Aelius Commodus Marcus Aurelius Invictus Amazonius Exsuperatorius Felix Pius]] and had people address him as "[[TheMagnificent Dominus Noster]]" meaning "Our Lord" so he definitely counts. He also renamed Rome "[[{{Egopolis}} Commodus]]" and funnily enough was worshipped by he people of Great Britain, despite never having been there.

* People with Psychosis sometimes get "Delusions of Grandeur", which can lead them to believe they are gods, a specific fictional character or famous person, or the next Jesus. People suffering from the 'mania' part of bipolar disorder often describe these thoughts as being perfectly logical at the time.

* There was the Greek philosopher Empedocles, who, without a doubt, thought he was god. An active volcano disagreed. [[KillItWithFire Strongly.]]

** Jim Jones, founder of activist church The Peoples' Temple, which essentially became a personality cult with him as the ringleader. He claimed to be the reincarnation of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}, Buddha, Akhenatan, Vladimir Lenin, and Father Divine. He organized a mass suicide at Jonestown in Guyana by forcing his followers to drink Flavor-Aid laced with cyanide; it claimed the lives of 918 people.

*** The above 3 could all just be cases of narcissistic and / or anti-social personality disorders, i.e., TheSociopath, meaning that they were all just {{Manipulative Bastard}}s who ''told'' people that for money, power and ForTheEvulz. Jim Jones, for instance used to be a con-man who reportedly once told a fellow criminal of a scheme to swindle people with a new religion, while Charles Manson has also claimed he was simply "nobody", and isn't considered insane by the state of California since he was simply locked up in prison for the rest of his life.

*** It's more than that. Since the ''Triumphator'' was believed to literally ''be'' Jupiter for the day of his triumph, the slave's role was also about reminding him that his power was temporary, that tomorrow he would be a man again, and that along with that he would remain a servant of the Senate and People of Rome. There was also the issue that the custom of the triumph dated back to the days of Rome's kings - a hated time in Roman national memory - and so it was essential that no one man ever be granted that kind of power again. The reminder during the triumph that the ''Triumphator'' was only having this one day was also about preventing the rise of another king, something the Republican Romans were paranoid about ''in the extreme''.

* Matt Thredening has formed a cult for worshipping the supposedly lovecraftian-esque Will Ross-Girard.