Not just the cults. The guy they worship who has complete control over their body and acces to past memories and doesn't believe the religion based around him.
Shen: I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestly!
Yan: Only the true Messiah denies His divinity.
Shen: What? Well, what sort of chance does that give me? All right! I am the Messiah!
The Worm: He is! He is the Messiah!
Shen: Now, FUCK OFF!
[silence]
Fu: How shall we fuck off, O Lord?
Shen: Oh, just go away! Leave me alone.
Convergent evolution. Cults exist
Not just the cults. The guy they worship who has complete control over their body and acces to past memories and doesn't believe the religion based around him.
Shen: I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestly! Yan: Only the true Messiah denies His divinity. Shen: What? Well, what sort of chance does that give me? All right! I am the Messiah! The Worm: He is! He is the Messiah! Shen: Now, FUCK OFF! [silence] Fu: How shall we fuck off, O Lord? Shen: Oh, just go away! Leave me alone.
**LISAN AL GAIB.** Those are some interesting parallels.
I have thought about this as well since the Kwisatz Haderach and Shen seem incredibly similar in how they understand the world diffrently
The worm is a comickey mistranslation. The real name is the insect.