The God Complex
What happens when humans try to be like God?
Most people suffer from this, I tried to narrow it down to the following professions. Don't take this article offensive, it's just for fun.
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It must be very hard to be a Judge and not feel like God, you are the one who gives the final say if someone is innocent or guilty. It must be very hard trying to decide who is innocent and who is guilty, holding the power to make someone suffer and also responsible for giving second chances.
I sometimes wonder how they sleep at night knowing that someone who might have been innocent may be spending a hard time in prison by being wrongfully convicted or framed, the law system can be manipulated if needed to win cases, we all know that.
This is why I think being a Judge and not having the God complex can be a really tough scale to balance, yet it's a job someone must do
Scientists
Science has developed massively over the years, with a lot of inventions and discoveries going on each day, some of them are made aware to the public while others are placed under confidential supervision.
There are a lot of inventions I could point out as some of the major discoveries that make this set of people closer to having the God Complex but I only need one - Cloning
The ability to create another living thing feels like crossing a line but it is what it is, the limits of scientific discoveries seem to be endless with that discovery.
Doctor
When bestowed with the gift to save a life, to heal wounds, and of course take life, why wouldn't you have the tendency to feel like God?
The pandemic showed the world how important Doctors are, Nurses do the most though, I saw this first hand, in fact, every single personnel in Medicine has our respect.
They risk their lives every day for people they don't even know, that's selfless, they cut into our bodies to save us from dying - do you know someone with all of these characteristics? Yep, you do
I have always said that if Doctors decide to go rogue, they would make excellent serial killers because "he that knows how to save lives and can also take them"
I think Doctors are the ones most likely to suffer from the God Complex because they can affect our lives- literally.
Builders
Most people think building a house is as easy as just getting an architect and it would be done but the truth is that there are a lot of aspects involved.
The Architect merely transforms the Clients intention into drawings and designs, the Masons and other building professionals try to transfer this information into a physical structure, the Engineers also play a big role in determining the structural stability of the building as well as the building services (Mechanical and Electrical Services), but all of this is surrounded around one single professional, the Quantity Surveyor, he is the one that controls cost, without this branch, a lot of errors would occur and the project might be left uncompleted or faulty with the Client suffering the major loss.
Together, this team is capable of transforming an empty land into some of the most fascinating structures you will ever see. Without them, you will be living on the street, homeless, and that's a fact (you could leave in caves though, that is always an option).
The ability to create something out of practically nothing is a gift from God, and this knowledge has been bestowed upon these professionals in the building industry, tell me how they won't suffer from the God complex when they are exceptionally good at what they do.
Teachers
You don't need to be a professional to teach. If you know how to do something very well and you are capable of teaching it to someone who is capable of learning then your job as a teacher is done.
Teachers form the basis of society itself, everything you know, you learned it somewhere or from someone.
Without teachers, there is no Judge, or doctor, or Builder. That is how crucial they are, and if there is anyone that should suffer more from the God complex, it's the Teachers.
The interesting part about this is that everyone can be one and it's the noblest of all professions. Too bad the Educational Formal sector isn't as impressive as it used to be in my Country but still the results can't be ignored.
I could go on and on, there would be a very long list but the major point is this, you can't suffer from this complex if you aren't good at what you do.
Be the best at what you do, put in the extra effort to stand out among others, create value for yourself by investing in yourself.
The God Complex isn't a bad thing if helps people by placing a smile on their faces, it becomes bad when you start to lose sight of who you are and let pride cloud your judgment. Go out there and change the world people.
It's a few more days to a new year, I'm not going to write any new year resolution, I plan to just wing it, let's just see how it goes. If there is anything I've learned about 2021 is that things don't always go according to plan. We can only stay hopeful for the best whilst expecting the worst.
These people are really our great heroes