Cartesian Doubt
Cognito il Sum
Originally posted by "Id"
Depends on how you define God Like. For me anyone with the exception of Superman, and Poccy are God like.
Exactly ... The conception of "God like" has changed immensely over time. Pre-Renaissance, when the Earth was center of the universe and the world was Flat, anyone who demonstrated abilities on par with Superman was considered a God. When Monotheism came along; it proposed an all powerful God, and the standards were heightened. Acts of God had to on par with the various Miracles of the Old and New Testament, Especially those demonstrated in Genesis, Exodus and the Gospels.
Then during the Renaissance and the Enlightenment the size of the visible universe expanded greatly, its was now common knowledge that the earth revolved one of countless stars that made up the cosmos. Consequently the divine creator, had to be even more powerful than previously conceived. Post enlightenment, and the end of the Victorian era, the quantum world was discovered containing a micro universe inside a macro universe. For God to be the all powerful instigator of creation, he would have simultaneous control over the Macro and the Micro. However by this time, Western society had become increasingly secular, and an act of God, was used in a metaphoric sense. Sci-Fi novels, and scientific documentaries describe natural phenomenon such as the explosion of Stars, and the collision of Meteors with planets as "biblical in proportions.".
So "who is godlike" is based entirely on what standards one holds ?
If its mythological Godlike, then we are talking anyone Superman level or above
If its contemporary religious God like, we're talking Silver Surfer level and above. They have to be able to manipulate the micro and the macro.
If its a secularized metaphoric form of Godlike i would probably say anyone who could survive a Nuclear strike, and displays a variety of powers (although they don't have to be as sophisticated as matter manipulation) will be conceived as such.