User blog comment:EvilMegaCookie/Mairenn/@comment-4867780-20150308051530/@comment-5819717-20150313151354

Gods cannot die of old age, but they aren't immortal. As far as I know, there has never been a statement or universal logic that says a human cannot defeat a god. And I disagree with that the poor stays poor and the rich stays rich. There is simply luck and skill. There are several examples in real life of men and women going from rags to riches or riches to rags. Sometimes in the same span of life.

Gods are anything but flexible. They've always been permament existences (in the sense that they cannot die of natural causes), which is not to say that their personalities stay the same. They have divine abilities, yes. But that in turn doesn't make them almighty, just incredibly hard to defeat.

And they have never had the need or desire to survive, since they have never faced anything that could prey upon them.

As such, humans whom wish to get to a gods level would need to use some sort of potion or spell that'd cease their aging. But since experiencing several centuries take quite a toll on the human mind.. you can guess how that turns out.