play God

idiom

usually disapproving

: to make decisions that have a very powerful and important effect on other people's lives

lawyers who play God with people's lives

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Life Pablo Escobar’s hippos: Why drug lords shouldn’t play God Let the countdown begin! —

Big Think, 24 June 2024 And my year was the only year that stood alone, where the audience got to play God, not the players inside the house. —

Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 June 2022 For all the science contained in science-fiction, there’s always been a germ of theology embedded within it, a genre-specific commandment: Man shall not play God. —

John Anderson, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2020 Built from memory in the sublime — after both human and host-led society has crumbled — Westworld’s first fully functional host is now ready to play God. —

Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2022 Bunbury Theatre presents the show about the evolution of the play God of Vengeance (Got fun nekome) by writer Sholem Aschg. —

The Courier-Journal, 10 Aug. 2022 Who’s decided to play God with their lives, and why? —

Tom Nolan, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022 There’s no question that Silva is right: People are reshaping the kelp forests through the steady uptick of carbon emissions, whether or not coastal communities choose to actively play God among the underwater invertebrates. —

Sierra Garcia, Wired, 18 Sep. 2021 Gates's efforts to play God extend to his plans for the atmosphere as well. —

Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2021