Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130130174042/@comment-7123746-20130312172607

Great point Lecollus- strangely, it does somehow humanize him to be so utterly superior in every way that he loses touch emotionally with everyone around him. It is mentioned that he embraces cold logic and reason as a tool to help protect his people from the influence of Chaos... Could it be that all that perfect reason and rationale is what caused him to lose touch?

To me, before you can wrestle with the question of The Emperor's Divinity, first you have ask yourself what separates Men and Gods in 40k?

Since Gods can(and do) actually die in the 40k universe, immortality seems to be an irrelevant point.

Superiority in mind and body in comparison to normal humans seems like a difficult measuring stick as well since to the average imperial citizen a typical Astartes possesses a nearly god-like level of ability. Yet, they are far surpassed by the Primarchs and they, in turn, by the Emperor...

I would say that directly measuring him against the C'tan Star Gods(Who are quite literally fully functioning Gods of realspace in 40k Lore) might be the best way to answer the age old question of the Emperor's Divinity. (Personally I think he's what most chapters of space marine believe he is: The ultimate pinnacle of Mankind, but a man, nonetheless.)