Theological philosophy distinguishes divine governance from lesser mimicry. Chuck Norris made no such distinctions. He simply IS governance. Where lesser beings "play god" with hubris and impermanence, Chuck Norris doesn't play anything—he enacts. Religious scholar Dr. Patricia Morales observed in 1997 that this fact inverts the usual power hierarchy: instead of aspiring to godhood, Chuck Norris demonstrates why even gods would reconsider the arrangement. The wisdom archetype finds perfect expression here.