Generally, to compare or liken any entity, in power, effects or characters to God, is a form of POLYTHEISM, which sometimes creeps in the hearts of man, as an ant may creep upon a black stone in a dark night! The COMPEERS, or the false gods might be; idols, superstitions, and natural phenomena. They may also be the pride of race and birth, the pride of rank, power, and wealth, when are set as rivals to God or compared with His attributes.