The first gods were glorified deceased human beings. [1] Primitives regarded the Prince's staff as gods. [2] The Aryans had 33 deities. [3] The Sumerian cities did not federate because of the zeal they had for their deities, which they always considered above the others. [4] Projections of the human intellect can give rise to false gods in the image of man. [5] The progress of science increases the mortality of false gods. [6]
Gods namedin The Urantia Book: