“God became man so that man might become God.”
Factus est Deus homo ut homo fieret Deus.
Aurelius Augustinus (354–430) early Christian theologian and philosopher
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“Man is becoming God—that is the simple fact. Man is God in the making.”
Source: The Voice of Destruction (1940), p. 246
Context: Yes, man has to be passed and surpassed. Nietzsche did, it is true, realized something of this, in his way. He went so far as to recognize the superman as a new biological variety. But he was not too sure of it. Man is becoming God—that is the simple fact. Man is God in the making.
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German politician 1887–1982Related quotes
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) German scientist, satirist
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Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook F (1776-1779)
“To enrich God, man must become poor; that God may be all, man must be nothing.”
Ludwig Feuerbach book The Essence of Christianity
The Essence of Christianity (1841)
Jürgen Moltmann (1926) German Reformed theologian
Source: The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology
James Irwin (1930–1991) American astronaut
In Kevin W. Kelley The Home Planet, with Plate 38; as quoted by C.C. Gaither & Alma E Cavazos-Gaither (2003). Astronomically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Astronomy and Physics. p. 262. CRC Press. ISBN: 9781420034677
Context: The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate, that if you touched it with a finger it would crumble and fall apart. Seeing this has to change a man, has to make a man appreciate the creation of God and the love of God.
“God said, "Let us make man in our image." Man said, 'Let us make God in our image."”
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) English dramatist and writer
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 257.
Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974) American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist
As quoted in Reader's Digest (July 1972)
Goparaju Ramachandra Rao (1902–1975) Indian activist
The Need of Atheism
Context: Because morality is a social necessity, the moment faith in god is banished, man's gaze turns from god to man and he becomes socially conscious. Religious belief prevented the growth of a sense of realism. But atheism at once makes man realistic and alive to the needs of morality. Atheism alone is the surest way to morality. Those who oppose atheism in any form betray their vested interests in inequality of some kind of other.
Richard Seed (1928) American physicist and entrepreneur
National Public Radio (1998-01-07)