A religion requires numerous dichotomic relationships. It needs believers and unbelievers. It needs those who know the mysteries and those who only fear them. It needs the insider and the outsider. It needs both a god and a devil.It needs absolutes and relativity. It needs that which is formless and that which is formed.
To become a god, a living creature must transcend the physical. The three steps of this transcendent path are known. First, he must come upon the awareness of secret aggression. Second, he must come upon the discernment of purpose within the animal shape. Third, he must experience death.
When this is done, the nascent god must find his own rebirth in a unique ordeal by which he discovers the one who summoned him.
To be fair -- do you really want Sleepy Joe to be in control of our Nuclear Arsenal?