Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-9558536-20130517084538/@comment-91.114.202.113-20130519194149

Hmm, isn't the Emperor divine? I mean, he's as powerful as the Chaos gods. He's more real than the Eldar gods. He's got better dress sense than Gork (or possibly Mork).

He's the product of a whole load of shamans sacrificing their souls to create a supra-human being.

Something fuels the powers of the Ecclesiarchs. Something gives the Sisters their faith powers. Something maintains the beacon.

Yup. He may not have wanted to be a god but to paraphrase Shakespeare "some have divinity thrust upon them".

If, in the internal consistencies of the 40k universe, he's not a god, then, well, he's a pretty good second.