Psalm 8:4-5 – “What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.”
New versions of the Bible exalt man to a being who is “a little lower than God,” and omit any references to his fallen spiritual condition. Similarly, cults, the New Age movement, and false religions also raise mankind to the level of being either divine, or in the process of evolving into deities [gods].