Students explicitly resist Jiang's wording by arguing that wanting equality with God or replacement of God does not automatically mean a desire to kill God.
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Be like God
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"So, where did it say that we want to kill God? Like, this is monotheism, I know. But, like, where did it say we..."
"Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sorry. Just like she said, the thing... You don't want to kill him. Just, you can't replace them. You can't..."
"...all of the knowledge in the world he's trying to be like god kind of"
"...but it's a specific, you're stealing someone's identity, which would be, like, God's creation. You're stealing something from God because God created you and..."
"...to rebel uh because of his pride he wanted to be like god just as like how adam and eve ate the food in..."
"...the game players right so can i take this to be like god didn't intend for his his admins his angels to to to..."
"...According to the doctrine of the Church, we want to be like God. And, like, how can you make amends for that? And the..."
"Because if we can learn for ourselves, we can be like God. And God created us to be his slaves and his servants, okay?..."
"...by disobeying God, by eating that fruit, by trying to be like God, we created evil, and this evil forces us to be more..."
"...eat of it your eyes will be open and you'll be like God knowing good and evil so when the woman saw that the..."
"...if left to our own devices, we will strive to be like God. Pride in the city of God is used almost synonymously like..."
"...It's death that matters. It's death that allows us to be like God, to be eternal. Right? And in order to ensure our ascent..."
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