Must believers accept blame simply because someone speaks as a deity?

You should not stop questioning right and wrong merely because someone claims to be a deity. Dao Fan shared that before his major examinations in his final year of high school, his family prepared prayer offerings as a temple medium requested. The day before the examinations, that person claimed to speak as a deity, said other heavenly deities must not know about it, then blamed his mother for disputes in the temple and ordered her to kneel and admit fault.

His mother initially apologized. Then she realized she had not done those things and challenged the person directly, refusing to admit them. Looking back years later, Dao Fan felt it resembled a staged performance and suspected a money dispute and an attempt to find a scapegoat. These were his memories and interpretation, not established findings about what must have happened.

The story reminds us to first consider whether claims and actions make sense. Agreeing to pray for someone, later saying it must be done secretly, then placing responsibility for unrelated disputes on believers plainly requires judgment. The conduct of those serving in temples can also affect other people’s trust in the deities, making attention to attitude and responsibility even more necessary.