Not exact matches
Naming / defining is an exercise of
power over others, so perhaps naming other persons made
in the Divine image, with the potential to become
godlike, by labeling them «believers» or «unbelievers» is a failure to see all people as God sees them, children of the one true God.
To deny God is to assume
godlike intellectual
powers,
in and of itself the ultimate act of conceit.
To believe
in god is to assume
godlike intellectual
powers,
in and of itself the ultimate act of conceit.
Nonetheless, there is an expectation on the part of society that the law will speak from on high as well as
in the people's midst, and that it will make straight what would otherwise remain twisted, crooked lines; it will establish order
in the stead of anarchy and chaos; it will retain a semblance of purity amid vile motives and human deceits; it will speak with
godlike authority and
power in a godless age.
This allows us to face the challenges of our time soberly, neither despairing of the possibilities of justice
in public life and thus withdrawing, nor seeking to take command of history by embarking on grandiose ideological projects that encourage us to assume
godlike powers over human affairs.
The movie mostly forgot it was about this by its midpoint, but the effort still suggested Marvel was at least interested
in what it would mean to live
in a world with
godlike beings who had no real checks on their
power.
In the comics, the Stone is red and gives its users unlimited power and stamina, basically offering them godlike abilities, but in the MCU, the purple - hued gem's power is much more lethal, seen as a somewhat of a virus that disintegrates any living material it comes into contact wit
In the comics, the Stone is red and gives its users unlimited
power and stamina, basically offering them
godlike abilities, but
in the MCU, the purple - hued gem's power is much more lethal, seen as a somewhat of a virus that disintegrates any living material it comes into contact wit
in the MCU, the purple - hued gem's
power is much more lethal, seen as a somewhat of a virus that disintegrates any living material it comes into contact with.
Justice League superheroes are
godlike in their
powers.
The film will feature Thanos collecting the six Infinity Stones and wielding the Infinity Gauntlet — which gives him
godlike powers —
in an effort to woo the living personification of Death, who has taken the form of a woman.
We cut to a shot sweeping across water toward the Pym Technologies building, as we hear Hank Pym say
in voiceover «If you give
godlike powers to everyone, there's gonna be chaos.»
The movie is Absolutely Anything, and it stars Simon Pegg as a guy who gets
godlike powers from aliens so they can determine if the Earth is worth saving, but he just ends up using them
in silly ways like making...
The universe faced with doom when archvillain Thanos the Mad Titan,
in love with / obsessed with the (female) physical incarnation of Death, assembles all six «Infinity Gems,» granting him
godlike power over the universe.
Like Wright, most players initially used their
godlike powers as a decorating tool and stayed on the Barbie Dream House side of the spectrum
in The Sims, ultimately furnishing their home with functional appliances, kitschy couches, and funky wallpaper.
As cool as towering totemic warriors and slumbering smoke dragons are, I was more interested
in the twins wielding these
godlike powers than the
powers themselves, but we never really dig beneath the surface.
Wrong,
in what has to be one of the best plot twists
in a video game history, you soon discover that not only were you born
in Rapture, Fontaine has
in fact brain washed you to helping him overthrow Andrew Ryan and gain a
godlike amount of
power.
Players are put
in the role of a
godlike figure
in the sky and use their awe - inspiring
powers to raise land from the sea, flatten mountains and perform the occasional miracle, while helping their tribe prosper and crush everyone else.