BRIAN
I'm not the messiah, would you please listen! I'm not the 
messiah, do you understand? Honestly!

MOUSE
Only the true messiah denies his divinity.

BRIAN
What? Well, what sort of chance does that give me? All
right, I AM the messiah.

FOLLOWERS
He IS! He IS the messiah!
--[They prostrate themselves in front of him.]

BRIAN
Now fuck off!

--[longish pause]

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-Monty Python, Life of Brian
Sorry. I'm not discounting your post at all japhy, but I couldn't resist this one. I guess the point is that folks WANT to be lead, and create their own idols. Seems like you're dealing with it healthily, though.

Update: Please vote for other, more worthy posts in this thread.

In reply to Re: Re: AmIAGuruOrNot.com by Hero Zzyzzx
in thread AmIAGuruOrNot.com by japhy

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