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** 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 one of [[Adolph Hitler]]'s craziest schemes was an attempt to do this. He planned to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_plot_to_kidnap_Pope_Pius_XII kidnap Pope Pius XII], outlaw Christianity, and replace it with a new religion that named himself as the Messiah. The reason this mad plan isn't well-known is because it didn't get far past the planning stages, mostly because one of Hitler's own underlings - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wolff General Karl Wolff] - wanted no part of it, and warned Vatican officials of the plot; Wolff would later testify for the prosecution at Nuremberg as part of a plea bargain.
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