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human
[WH40k] How did the Emperor not see he was setting himself up to be deified and undo all his work?

For a guy who thought organized religion was holding humanity back, he had to have known what would happen if he traveled across the galaxy decked out in gold everything and effectively performed miracles.
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The Emperor didn't really understand humans on an individual level. Although nominally human, he was also tens of thousands of years old by the time he went public, may have the combined consciousness of several thousand individuals, and was so far intellectually beyond your average person that even his closest confidants like Malcador - already selected from humanity's best and brightest - were like children next to him. Even the Primarchs he was closest to were still men despite their power, but he  was unable to recognize their desire to be treated as beloved sons.

This was a being who stole from the powers of Chaos, wrestled the Void Dragon of Mars into submission, and could psychically force entire armies of Space Marines to kneel before him. The Emperor had never before been in the presence of a being as far above himself as he is above the common man. While he did try and keep the grossest displays of power from the public eye, he had no context to understand that his blinding aura, golden armor, inhuman stature, unfathomable age, force of will, etc. were enough *by themselves* enough to instill supernatural fear and awe in a mortal man.