God complex, not as silly as it seems?

'God complex' isn't as simple as it sounds. Having GC is usually considered a negative. After all, who likes to be in the company of someone with unshakeable belief in his or her own abilities to the point of discounting, even disparaging, views that may differ from his or her own? Many people, actually. But having GC - or narcissistic personality disorder - isn't a bad thing per se. Take former Swedish international and Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He was brash, outspoken, often referring to himself in the third person. When asked about the chances of a win before a World Cup game against Portugal in 2014, his answer, 'Only god knows who will go through,' elicited the reporter's comment, 'It's hard to ask him.' Zlatan replied in dead seriousness, 'You're talking to him.' But he was a great player.

People with GC can be successful because of their 'complex' feeding a confidence feedback loop. God is the ultimate example of an entity with GC, believing himself/herself/itself to be above the petty social and moral rules of mortals. Wasn't it a GC-afflicted person with a messiah complex who's described in the Bible (John 17:4) looking up to heaven and saying, 'I have brought you glory on Earth by finishing the work you gave me to do'? A whole bunch of people actually love him for that.