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[General Comics] Wha separates gods from really advanced aliens?
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Gods are generally able to perceive, benefit from, and be changed by worship.  Aliens in general cannot.  Thor ha shown to know when someone is praying to him.  

Loki stated in his presidential campaign that yes, he is a GOd, he has worshipers and they're not perfect and a little misguided but lay off cause they are still, His worshipers and their freedom of religion  is not to e impinged upon.

One interesting example are the Skrulls, natives of the Andromeda galaxy.   In times long past they were a peaceful people.  Until they met the expanding Kree empire.  It is postulated that the Kree were, in their collective sub-conscious, seeking an enemy to challenge them.  The telepathically sensitive Skrulls, without even realizing it, became what the Kree wanted.  An Aggressive and military species.

Thor's comics make it clear each planet has its own population of gods and they all seem to share the same quality of being influenced by and in some manner responsible for their peoples.