User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 476: Bid Farewell to the Mage Girls, Review./@comment-86.70.179.71-20160308125210/@comment-7418318-20160311113829

Good argument. People are trying to judge the Gods by just three examples.

Apart from being a laughably small sample size, none of those three really lead themselves to judge.
 * 1) Ankhseram: We know nothing about him, except that he can put the contradictory curse on beings and doesn't seem to care for the consequences... and even that littel info is not free of doubt.
 * 2) Ikusatsunagi: We know next to nothing about this too. Was it really a God or just somehting that people mistook for one due to it's imposing size? Was it the actual being that was summoned, or a representation or somesuch of it? Was it summoned at full power, or could Arlock only manifest part of it's power (similar to how Celestial Spirit Magic works)?
 * 3) Chronos: As CNBA pointed out it wasn't Chronos himself who was there, but a Human who took over his power. If God Soul works anything like the other Take-Overs, the full power of such a Take-Over would be limited by the caster's magic power and ability. So was it really Chronos who was (in some people's eyes) far too powerless, or was Dimaria unable to utilize Chronos's powers to their full extend?
 * I guess me might even add the Celestial Spirit King to the list, since he is kind of the God of the Celestial Spirit World. By forcing Leo out of the CSW and channeling Aquarius' powers into Lucy, we know he has a great deal of power over Celestial Spirits, even without looking into filler material. While his powers might not be god-like in some people's opinions, the things he does (within the CSW at any rate) certainly seem to be. But with him first and foremost being a Celestial Spirit and goverend by the same fundamental rules as them, I guess this isn't fully relevant to the discussion, but still interesting I think.

Apart from that there's also the a matter of individual differences within the species. Look at Humans for example. Some are completely and utterly powerless, some so powerful they can bring down building and some so powerful they can destroy entire towns with ease.

Maybe there are similar differences among the Gods, with some being weaker than a Wizard Saint or Spriggan Shield, while others might potentially eclipse even Dragons.