But in the game of playing God, Dr Bodenschatz is bidding fair to achieve the status of a minor deity.

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"My first reaction, probably everyone's reaction, is that this is as dangerously near as we've got to a TV programme playing God, " said Julia Raeside of the Guardian newspaper.

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"You are almost playing God, " he says.

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In finance, you're playing against God's creatures.

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Playing around with nuclear power just for the purpose of playing video games and keeping chip dip cold in the fridge is playing with the forces of God that used created the world and make you a human instead of a worm.

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It was old people playing chess and waiting to see God, and it was also the deadliest city in the country.

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The minute they started playing it was like 'Oh my God.

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