Minor points: the generalized abstracted class containing Jehovaism is general theism, not deism. Deism is the subset of deities which do not interfere with their creation, whereas personal theism is the subset of deities which do interfere.
Also—I myself stopped with this usage but it bears mentioning—there are “gods” which were born as mortals and ascended, apotheosis-like; there are gods that can kill each other, there’s Hermes and legions of minor gods, many of them “with parts”.
It’s not trivial to draw a line that allows for killable gods of ancient times (compare Ragnarök) and thus doesn’t contradict established mythology that has lots of trivial, minor gods, but doesn’t allow for Matrix Lords to be considered gods (if not in the contemporary “triple-O Abrahamic deity” parlance). Ontologically fundamental mental powers ain’t the classifying separator, and I’m sure you’d agree that a label shouldn’t depend simply on whether we understand a phenomenon. Laws of physics with an if-clause for a certain kind of “god”-matter would still be laws of physics, and just having that description (knowing the laws), lifting the curtain, shouldn’t be sufficient to remove a “god” label.
Minor points: the generalized abstracted class containing Jehovaism is general theism, not deism. Deism is the subset of deities which do not interfere with their creation, whereas personal theism is the subset of deities which do interfere.
Also—I myself stopped with this usage but it bears mentioning—there are “gods” which were born as mortals and ascended, apotheosis-like; there are gods that can kill each other, there’s Hermes and legions of minor gods, many of them “with parts”.
It’s not trivial to draw a line that allows for killable gods of ancient times (compare Ragnarök) and thus doesn’t contradict established mythology that has lots of trivial, minor gods, but doesn’t allow for Matrix Lords to be considered gods (if not in the contemporary “triple-O Abrahamic deity” parlance). Ontologically fundamental mental powers ain’t the classifying separator, and I’m sure you’d agree that a label shouldn’t depend simply on whether we understand a phenomenon. Laws of physics with an if-clause for a certain kind of “god”-matter would still be laws of physics, and just having that description (knowing the laws), lifting the curtain, shouldn’t be sufficient to remove a “god” label.