What compels one man to tell another man how he should live, where he can go, what he may do, what he must believe? If he were the second man’s creator, he would be well within his rights to dictate such things. But are not both men born of the same Creator? So, how does it occur to one man that he knows what is right and best for the other? Is it because of his strength? Strong men have used their advantage to inflict great harm. Is it his intellect? Brilliant men have devised evil schemes. Is it by birth that he should occupy a place over another? Kings have committed horrendous atrocities. Is it by popular selection? Yes, even those who have been elected have used their position to oppress.

To be sure, there are many who believe their intentions are for good rather than bad when they impose their beliefs and ways upon another. But even in this they have put themselves above another. They believe their ways are better, their ideas more true. It is this that creates the opportunity for evil to enter and distort, to convince the first man that he is a type of god over another.

There is only one God. He alone can determine how a man should live, where he can go, what he may do, what he must believe. But even God offers men the freedom to do or not do, to believe or not believe. So if God, who is rightful Lord over man, does not force man to live and do and believe a certain way in this life time, what gives a mere human the idea that he may do so? He is not a god.

Each of us will answer to the true God for how we have lived and believed in this life. We will also answer for how much we have aspired to be a god in this life.