Definition Of A God Complex Novels & Stories

“I see. We need another plan, then. Isn’t there anything else you can tell me about the One True God? Isn’t there something he’s afraid of? Something he’s told you never to bring near him?” I was clutching at straws, but maybe he had his kryptonite. That would certainly make things easier. A magic dagger, an aversion to salt, an allergy to garlic. Big powerful, unbeatable bosses always had a vulnerability so you could beat them, because everyone wants you to beat them. It makes people all fuzzy inside to overcome impossible odds. “He is a god. Only he can choose to let himself be beaten. You cannot make him leave this place if he doesn’t want to.”

Still, Paxton’s bemusement never dissipated. Reaching the perfect class at the age of twenty-eight? What did that even mean? Was “genius” even the right word? Or could this enigma be more correctly classified as a monster? Being the man known as Ares, the God of War, Paxton Brooks had experienced enough mind-blowing, skull-numbing strangeness throughout his storied life that his biography could have been counted as an epic. Anyone with his life experience would have a mind more resilient and shock-resistant than the average person, and indeed, he calmed down significantly despite his surprise and his composure returned.

“I am but an instrument of God’s will. The whole of creation is merely God’s story. ‘In the beginning was the word . . . ’ and who was the word with? Why God. That’s because God is the ultimate story teller. We are all part of His story, but all stories are inevitably autobiographical and that is why God is trapped in His own story. We are all God, perceiving himself individually as the characters of His story. My story is the antidote.” “An antidote that can kill you.” “But of course, every antidote is a form of poison.” “So you made Melissa a character in your story so she could escape God’s story?” “That’s what it’s there for.” “She’s not the first then?” “She’s the one who’s come closest