# Could God incarnate as man and is Meher Baba God in human form? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 30, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871 "2015-04-30T05:13:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/21 "2015-04-30T12:50:37Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > So you’re Ancient? Could you settle an argument, please? How were the pyramids built? I would ask: So, which way do You really want us to hang our toilet paper? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/22 "2015-04-30T12:56:56Z")
How do you tell the difference between these ‘Gods’? : - misguided human - deluded human - conman - actual God the first three all talk a lot, while God demonstrates His Power The first one can be talked out of his belief, while the second one can’t. The third one also asks for money. So far Meher Baba comes in as deluded human … ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/23 "2015-04-30T13:02:05Z")
What an uninteresting question. Of course God can manifest as a man. Or a woman. And God does manifest in our world as ourselves and all the people we interact with. A teacher said something like that a couple of thousand years ago -the level of respect you show to others is how you treat God. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/24 "2015-04-30T13:35:09Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Baba? O really? We won’t get fooled again, I’ll tell you that much. **golf clap** ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/25 "2015-04-30T13:36:47Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > So you’re Ancient? Could you settle an argument, please? How were the pyramids built? Of stone. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/26 "2015-04-30T13:50:55Z")
That’s cool. When does he want to have sex with your wife? That usually seems to be the next step. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/27 "2015-04-30T14:25:00Z")
\*\*Could God incarnate as man and is Meher Baba God in human form? \*\* In order to answer that question, one must first show proof of the existence of a god of some sort. Until that proof is shown, the answer is no. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/28 "2015-04-30T15:51:17Z")
You’ve been shown many times before. Messiahs pointed to the door. No one had the guts to leave the temple. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/29 "2015-04-30T16:02:22Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I would ask: So, which way do You really want us to hang our toilet paper? [They settled that question.](http://www.opposingviews.com/i/social/which-way-should-toilet-paper-be-put-holder-original-1891-patent-solves-mystery-photos) ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/30 "2015-04-30T17:11:21Z")
My take on this is yes but… Also with all spiritual leaders and cult leaders who claim to be God or the like, yes they are but… What they don’t realize, is they missed the message that we are all Gods and can all achieve that level of enlightenment. In this they are not special or unique or The One. They were able to achieve some form of enlightenment that we are all capable of, yet they don’t get that far in their journey. Many start building a religion for them to be honored and worshiped and in doing so prevent those under them from achieving their identity as God, this process of pyramid building serves to elevate the misguided person while siphoning off the power of those who are beneath him/her who make up this pyramid. So yes many of those words appear to come from God, and may very well be, but we can do that also. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/31 "2015-04-30T17:39:35Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Cite? > > Regards, > Shodan The cite has been given, and will be given again. Cites yesterday, cites tomorrow, but never cites today. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/32 "2015-04-30T17:44:51Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Baba? O really? We won’t get fooled again, I’ll tell you that much. I think he’s all wasted, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/33 "2015-04-30T18:25:48Z")
I never even heard of Meher Baba. And I’m nominally still Hindu. And Indian. You would think that if someone was the actual true reincarnation of God, they would find a way to make sure every person on Earth at least heard of him. Everyone is looking for guidance and a path forwards. You will only find it in yourself! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/34 "2015-04-30T18:47:11Z")
I though the ancient one was Sathya Sai Baba, but since he died way before his prophetic date I guess other Babas are on the ready for relief pitching. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/35 "2015-04-30T18:48:14Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I though the ancient one was Sathya Sai Baba, but since he died way before his prophetic date I guess other Babas are on the ready for relief pitching. 🙂 Shirdi Sai Baba was better anyway, and not a pedophile and didn’t live off the profits of his followers. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/36 "2015-04-30T19:23:21Z")
> [@stephenchurch](#): > > Please judge for yourself based on his Universal Message. > > The Universal Message of Meher Baba. What in particular makes this a “Universal” message? Does a “Universal” message have to be released in a minimum number of languages? Are there certain precepts it must contain? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/37 "2015-04-30T19:59:53Z")
Of course God can incarnate as a man. God’s constantly going around incarnating as women and men and kittens and stuff, that’s God’s shtick. I don’t know this Meher Baba person but I have no doubt that Mere Baba is God in human form. So am I. Do you mean to imply that he has something meaningful to say about it? Why doesn’t he post here himself? ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/38 "2015-04-30T20:37:58Z")
> [@stephenchurch](#): > > “When I break my Silence, the impact of my Love will be universal and all life in creation will know, feel and receive of it. It will help every individual to break himself free from his bondage in his own way. I am the Divine Beloved who loves you more than you can ever love yourself. The breaking of my Silence will help you to help yourself in knowing your real Self.” What is preventing Meher Baba from breaking his Silence right now? If he loves us as much as he says, why is he denying us the power to break free of our bondage and experience his divine, everlasting, Love? Out with it, Baba! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/39 "2015-04-30T21:14:12Z")
Could Superman punch the Hulk into orbit? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871/40 "2015-04-30T21:21:32Z")
> [@stephenchurch](#): > > ``` > I repeat, I lay down no precepts. When I release the tide of Truth which I have come to give, men's daily lives will be the living precept. The words I have not spoken will come to life in them. > > ``` Pretty safe bet. “Whatever I do not say will come to pass.” Can I have my prophet medal now? Mind you, I’m not saying I’m a prophet. But whenever whatever happens, you’ll see I was right! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-god-incarnate-as-man-and-is-meher-baba-god-in-human-form/718871.md?page=3)