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* Linus Torvalds, introducing himself at the 1998 Linux Expo, Durham, NC: ''"[[Large Ham|My name is Linus Torvalds, and I am your God.]]"''
* Basketball player Josh Childress said that during his experience for playing with Greece (more specifically, the Olympiakos), he ended up being treated as a God towards the country. When Josh decided to leave Greece to return to the Americas (as a member for the Phoenix Suns), some citizens got a little bit hot-blooded.
* [[wikipedia:Apollo Quiboloy|Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy.]] To quote: "Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy is the Appointed '''Son of God''' in this last days." Since the Son of God ([[Jesus Christ]]) is God the Son, this cult leader essentially considers himself God.▼
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150922000803/http://thechurchofgoogle.org/ Google] seems to be invoking this trope.
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* During their bout at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971, Muhammad Ali repeatedly taunted Joe Frazier by asking "Don't you know I'm God?" Frazier replied, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|accurately, in the event]], [[Shut UP, Hannibal|"Well, God, you gonna get whupped tonight!"]]
* Some people with mental illness may develop and believe in allusions that they are a biblical figure or a god/deity reincarnated. A few examples include:
** Jim Jones, founder of The Peoples' Temple which essentially became a cult with him as the ringleader. He claimed to be the reincarnation of [[Jesus]], [[Buddha]], Akhenatan, [[Vladimir Lenin]], and Father Divine. He organized a mass suicide at Jonestown in Guyana by forcing his followers to drink Flavor-Aid laced with cyanide; it claimed the lives of 918 people.
** David Koresh, leader of a Branch Davidians sect believed to be the final prophet AKA Jesus himself. A raid on his ranch in Waco, Texas in 1993 eventually started a fire. The aftermath left 52
** Charles Manson, mastermind behind the Tate-Bianca murders claimed to be [[Jesus]]. He also claimed to be [[Satan]].
▲** Filipino pastor-turned-wanted fugitive [[wikipedia:Apollo Quiboloy|
*** The above
** As mentioned before, some people with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia become convinced that they are the Second Christ, Buddha, Mohammed, or God himself.
* [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/hollywood-craziest-lawsuits-court-cases-267628#12 Christopher Roller] sued David Copperfield and David Blaine in 2005 on the rather ludicrous grounds that they were infringing on God's powers, and that Roller himself is God.
* It should come as no surprise that [[Adolph Hitler]] allegedly wanted to do this, in one of his craziest schemes.
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