The God Complex
It's that burning desire to control the world, to hold life in
your hands, to never be told no. It's the God complex. Almost
everyone has it, and there is no cure. No cure that is, except
to play god for a little while. At first, the power, the control
is exhilarating. It is freedom at last. Doctors determine life
or death. They have within their hands the life and health of
dozens of persons daily. They decide whether or not to advise
risky surgery. They choose who gets the donated heart. Writers
create worlds of their own. What they say goes. If they say it
was a dark and stormy night, you'd better believe it was pouring.
Nothing happens that they don't say happens. They hold our
imaginations in their hands. Politicians make laws for everyone
to follow. They decide what is good and bad for the city, the
state, the nation. They hold our conscience in their hands. The
se are the just some of the powers we play god with. Are we not
free if we rule over that which binds us, if we control death,
the mind, and conscience? Are we not gods in our own right?
What do you think? Try being a god without believers. You
cannot do it. You cannot control without having someone to serve.
That is the curse of the God complex. Ultimate control means
ultimate servitude, ultimate responsibility. The doctors learn
they cannot save everyone. The writers hit a block and cannot
create a person or place. The politicians find a difficult issue
and cannot find a right answer. The doctors lose their patents.
The writers lose their readers. The politicians lose their votes
. The gods have lost their freedom. The gods have lost their
believers. The gods no longer want to be responsible for death,
the mind and conscience. They are cured of the complex. Next
comes guilt. It's that burning desire to be free of
responsibility to the world...