Opinion of Divinization

[Mopsus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinization_(Christian)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exaltation_(Mormonism)

I must admit to being very attracted to the Mormon notion of deification of the righteous. If I ever found a cult, a modified version of that belief is definitely going to be offered.

[Mr. Smith]

Too easy this one.

[Zioneer]

Too easy this one.

Seriously.

[DemPGH]

Certainly horrible for two reasons: It's ultimately just someone's personal opinion, and it encourages cult behavior, which I find not only irrational but negative.

Interestingly, a saintly cult sprang up around Henry VI of England in the years following his death (and a number of folks wrote of his piety and saintliness), but it turns out that he was schizophrenic, prone to slipping into catatonic states, and leaned toward religious mania, I guess, to probably include hallucinations. It kind of ran in the family. His grandfather suffered from rarely studied but real bouts of mental illness in which he thought he was made of glass, and he adopted postures to protect himself from "breaking."

Visions, personal relationships with a deity who actually interacts with a person, and so on can be indicative of an early phase or type of schizophrenia as well.