meher baba was born merwan sheriar irani on febuary 24 1894. he was told he was a god by his mentor when he was 27.
accroding to merwan, an avatar is only born to the universe every 700-1400 years. now he lived from 1894 to 1969. sathya was born in november of 1926. so who do we believe, if we are so inclined to believe that a mortal can declare himself 'god'? they both claim to be avatars, and meher baba was still alive when sathya was born. so who gets the title? and what happened to the 700yr gap?
both claim links to this man - the sai baba of shirdi (1838**-1918). sathya even claims to be the man reincarnate. he never declared his divinity, and i'm pretty sure buddha, christ and muhummad didn't declare themselves gods either.
you can have a look at the post titled 'sathya sai baba - the man who would be god' for more comparisons, and just who proclaimed sathya to be 'god'.
.... and who are the fools? those that believe a man who claims he is god because somebody told him so.
** the sai baba of shirdi was ever reticent about his personal life. his date of birth can only be guess at by those that accounted his life amongst them.
