Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of co-founder and leader of Hamas:
"Religion steals freedom, kills creativity, turns us into slaves and against one another. Yes, I am talking about Christianity as well as Islam. Most Christians I have seen, seem to have missed the point, that Jesus redeemed us from religion. Religion is nothing but man's attempts to get back to God. Whether it is Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, animism, any ism. Religion can't save mankind. Only Jesus could save mankind through his death and resurrection. And Jesus is the only way to God."

"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."
(2 Corinthians 11:3)

"He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men..."
(Mark 7:6-8)

"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ."
(Colossians 2:8)

"They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them."
(Galatians 4:17)

"Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men."
(1 Corinthians 7:23)

"For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: and profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers."
(Galatians 1:13-14)

"Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified."
(Galatians 2:16)

"But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."
(Galatians 3:23-26)

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast."
(Ephesians 2:8-9)

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
(John 8:32)

"If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."
(John 8:36)

"And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: to whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you."
(Galatians 2:4-5)

"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
(Galatians 5:1)

Through various means - "seeking ascend to a higher state of consciousness" or "seeking obtaining godlike attributes" by enlightenment or study of secret knowledge. In the Bible, this philosophy was born not long after the flood. Some people felt offended at God for rightfully sending the judgment on perpetually evil (that were warned by Enoch beforehand), and so they have set up a system of beliefs and a government that rejected God, then leaders proclaimed themselves as new gods (Nimrod as a sun god and his wife as a moon goddess). Later, they have decided to express their rebellion and build the Tower of Babel as an insult to God. (that reminds me of Bolsheviks pointing guns at the sky and "shoting at God"). Construction of the tower was interrupted by God, then he separated people into nations to keep this from happening again, but as people migrated, their occult practice migrated with them - influencing future religions where sun and moon symbolism is present to this day. This explains why there was reoccurring symbolism, architecture and traditions in all ancient cultures.

Right now there are a few certain books being praised among the ruling class and big CEOs of Sillicon Valley, according to which the supposed tools to be used for "ascend" would be near future's technology, medicine, microbiology, and transhumanism. They are looking forward to posses skills or traits mostly associated with monotheistic gods, like "immortality". In fact, in their books, they already refer to the would-be-people with these attributes as "hоmo deus" (ubermensch?) where "deus" stands for god. People not be able to afford this "ascend" would remain hоmo sapiens (untermensch?).

If you believe in evolution, you would say: who cares? this is unavoidable natural case of things that is bound to happen sooner or later anyway. Yes, it is bound to happen, not by evilution, but the problem is that it doesnt stop there...

Just some of "predictions" for the future from their books:
brain implants for rich to merge with AI for higher intelligence and unlimited data access (1)
people should be drugged up with drugs like Soma from the book "Brave New World"
(thats legit what they wrote) (1)(2)
people should get used to not owning things (1)
blurring the line between fiction and reality, making more people waste their lives away on virtual reality, video games and porn (1)
digital currency that will allow control over what you buy and sell (3)
jobs will be replaced with AI and androids resulting in huge unemployment (4)
therefore, reduction of population (1)(5)
there is no such thing as free will so human mind should be "hacked" or "programmed" for "greater good" (6)

I dont want you to do anything or feel anything about anymone. It all sounds incredibly gay but thats how it is. I only wrote this garbage because you need to see what the Bible predicted over 2500 YEARS ago through the prophet Daniel and later by Apostle John.

About a man that will proclaim he is god in the future:

36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself
above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that what is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for
he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall
he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
(Daniel 11:36-38)

16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in
their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the
number of his name.
(Revelation 13:16-17)

...And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshipped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands...
(Revelation 20:4)

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Sources:
(1) Hоmo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
(2) Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
(3) Modernizing Financial Markets with Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (World Economic Forum)
(4) The Fourth Industrial Revolution by Klaus Schwab
(5) NSSM 200 Implications of Worldwide Population Growth For U.S. Security and Overseas Interests (The Kissinger Report)
(6) 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Western_esotericism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Esoteric_schools_of_thought

Some games that explored this topic:
Dark Souls and other Soulsborne games
Deus ex
Metal Gear Solid 2
Majora's Mask
Resident Evil 4
Return to Castle Wolfenstein

...Ye shall be as gods...
-Satan
(Genesis 3:5)



Proverbs 21:30