Comments on: Ultimate spoiler: you are God. Sound familiar?

Question: Ultimate spoiler: you are God. Sound familiar?

Curry — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:55:02 -0800

Anyone recall seeing a Web page that said something like "Ultimate Spoiler: You are God"?

I have a vague yet nagging recollection of a page, either one-off gag or part of a spoiler aggregate site, that professed the ultimate spoiler for life, i.e. you are god. My extended and thorough searching hasn't produced any leads. Sound familiar to anybody?

By: adamwolf

adamwolf — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:18:07 -0800

There's at least one book I can think of where "You are God" could be considered a plot point, and perhaps a spoiler, but I've never seen the gag spoiler.

By: denishowe

denishowe — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:36:44 -0800

Reminds me of "Stranger in a Strange Land" - "Thou Art God" was a recurring theme.

By: nicepersonality

nicepersonality — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:26:51 -0800

The origin of the idea is most likely the Chandogya Upaniśad: तत्त्वमसि, or "Thou art That" (where "That" = "Brahman"), is a central theme in Advaita Vedānta.

By: nicepersonality

nicepersonality — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:33:39 -0800

(Disclaimer: "...as I understand it, based on a survey course I took ten years ago." I Am Not A Paṇḍit. Also, on preview, why must Firefox butcher Indic fonts so?!)

By: InnocentBystander

InnocentBystander — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:02:14 -0800

adamwolf: Is it by Mark Twain?

By: Joseph Gurl

Joseph Gurl — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:41:18 -0800

That really is the ultimate spoiler, but I don't know where you got it.

By: Curry

Curry — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:44:56 -0800

Thanks, everyone. Maybe that spoiler page is just a figment of my imagination.