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| '''Thou Art God''' is a statement of ] ] that is popular within ]ism and other religions. The phrase is also stated numerous times in the pages of ]’s science fiction novel, '']'' and in the ] song "Domingo." | |||
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| The statement '''thou art God''' is found in the ] at 1 Kings 18:36, 1 Chronicles 17:26, Psalm 86:10, Psalm 90:2 and Acts 4:24 (KJV). When addressed to the ], the statement asserts that He is the universal transcendent Creator and only true God. It is an implicit assertion of ]. Its context, in the passage from 1 Kings 18, is of the prophet ]'s denial at Carmel that the pagan god ] has any reality, divinity belonging to Yahweh alone. | |||
| When addressed to human beings in a monotheistic, ], or ] context, the statement references a religious philosophy that all things are part of a singular God presiding over a singular reality. One example is the ] saying: ], "That Art Thou." In some cultures, the statement is limited to living beings. | |||
| When addressed to human beings in a ] context, the statement references a religious philosophy that we are each Gods of our own reality possessing the divine ability to combine universes with other Gods on a consensual basis. | |||
| Within the context of the book '']'', the statement "thou art God" stems from the novel's premise that beings can ], or become integrated with each other on a fundamental level that includes shared knowledge, senses, neural processing and capabilities. In key passages of the book, the protagonist of the story, Michael Valentine Smith, explains how, "Thou art God, and I am God and all that groks is God," God being that which is in all things (even the "happy blades of grass") and having "no choice" but to experience all things. | |||
| In order to know and appreciate something fully, the characters of the book became part of that thing. In grokking God, therefore, the characters of the book necessarily became God. Throughout the book, Smith and his followers say "Thou Art God" as a greeting, in recognition of this. | |||
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| *], the equivalent statement in ] Hinduism | |||
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