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4. I have to wonder. How far is a divine right monarchist from a god?
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 08:42 PM
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Haile Selassie is considered a god among Rastafarians.

And he defeated Mussolini, something that took the Allied Forces many battles to do.

And Julius Caesar? Admittedly, he didn’t enjoy one microsecond of it on earth.

From a politician belonging to a patrician family, to general and finally the dictator of Rome: Julius Caesar was an ambitious man who steadily advanced his career until he was mercilessly murdered in 44 BC. But even a brutal death could not halt his progress. Upon his death he received an honor that rarely any man in Rome had achieved before him: apotheosis.

The official deification of Julius Caesar in Rome took place in 42 BC when the senate had him deified posthumously. But his divine status had been accepted by the people of Rome soon after his death when a comet appeared in the sky during the funeral games held in his honor by Augustus in 44 BC. Known as the Sidus Iulium or Caesar’s Comet, this was hailed as a sign that Caesar had taken his place amongst the gods.


https://www.walksinsiderome.com/blog/becoming-a-god-the-deification-of-julius-caesar/

I wonder if the same will be afforded to you know who. _______________
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OK, just funeral games.
WWE?

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