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[[Image:Saint_nicholas.jpg|thumb|250px|Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra]]
[[Image:Saint_nicholas.jpg|thumb|250px|Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra]]
A [[God-substitute]] is any fictional person, group, invention, or other device of modern [[mythology]] (including [[science fiction]]) that has powers beyond the normal knowledge and experience of mankind by several orders of magnitude. If such a person or thing existed, humanity would regard him, her, or it as [[God]]-like. Usually a God-substitute is a force for good, which in turn might mean either:
A '''God-substitute''' is any fictional person, group, invention, or other device of modern [[mythology]] (including [[science fiction]]) that has powers beyond the normal knowledge and experience of mankind by several orders of magnitude. If such a person or thing existed, humanity would regard him, her, or it as [[God]]-like. Usually a God-substitute is a force for good, which in turn might mean either:
# Keeping world peace,
# Keeping world peace,
A God-substitute might also be a subject of speculation in conventional [[Science|scientific]] circles, specifically as an undefined force, or an [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial nation-state]], that might have performed the act of [[Creation]] in the place of the [[God]] of the [[Bible]]. The chief fuel for such speculation is the growing realization that the universe must have had a beginning, and that beginning must have set aside all the physical laws under which the universe operates today.
A God-substitute might also be a subject of speculation in conventional [[Science|scientific]] circles, specifically as an undefined force, or an [[Extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial nation-state]], that might have performed the act of [[Creation]] in the place of the [[God]] of the [[Bible]]. The chief fuel for such speculation is the growing realization that the universe must have had a beginning, and that beginning must have set aside all the physical laws under which the universe operates today.
[[Category:Mythology]]
[[Category:Mythology]]
[[Category:Religion]]
[[Category:Theology]]