I was never comfortable with that, and find it offensive that I would have more equanimity than god. This claptrap comes from the 'control face' of religion having nothing to do with the spiritual face.
Religion has many faces, we really need more than one word for what we mean by religion. But the social control face of religion makes sure that does not happen.
It is a profound irony in being told to look up to a divine archetype who seems less emotionally regulated or compassionate than an average person.
Prosecutors plan to charge an Israeli settler with killing a Palestinian activist in the West Bank
Israeli prosecutors to indict settler over killing of Palestinian activist in West Bank case caught on video, a rare move amid rising violence.
Prosecutors to charge an Israeli settler over death
Israeli prosecutors say that they plan to charge a settler in the killing of a Palestinian activist during a confrontation that was caught on video, opening a rare prosecution of violence by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli settlers torch and deface West Bank mosque during Ramadan
Israeli settlers vandalized a mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Monday, spray-painting offensive phrases and setting a fire, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Dogma or wisdom, the choice is yours.
The 'chosen ones' isn't a call to higher responsibility or deeper compassion, Only good men think that way. It is used by Israel as divine license for tribalism, land theft, and violence.