okay, so it walks like a god, talks like a god, has the powers of a god, but if I just say, "that's not a god, that's a powerfull outsider with godlike powers" people will not look at me like I'm completelly nuts in a D&D setting?
Well, yeah. Everyone knows that if it walks like a god, talks like a god, has the powers of a god, but is really just a powerful outsider with godlike powers ...
THEN YOU'RE TRAPPED IN AN EPISODE OF STAR TREK: TOS!