In childhood this is how we are thought. They teach that, your Parents and Teachers are Gods, but no matter what you do, on the way to maturity you will realize, they are not God materials, but just another human beings. In this way whatever you learnt in your child hood, opens up being false directions. But why it is done so. Why people pressed so much on their hold on their younger generations? Did they wanted younger generations to be slave for them? Did they thought, younger generations didn't deserved to know the actual truth?
To be frank there is no particular answer for this. We don't have peoples who started these traditions with us. This might be the same people who started "Varna Bhedha" (color based classification of society). But my theory goes like this. First people came up with concept of God, just to fear the people and make them stick to honest and fare way of leading life. Almost all "Dharmas" teach you to be honest, fear God, respect him and his "Commandments". But in a way this has done a lot good for society, if not this idea, it would have been difficult to motivate the masses towards honesty. But what followed is disaster.
Being a stronger (physically/mentally) generations, elders thought younger generations should just follow them, respect them, and their "Commandments". But how do you do that? younger generation happened to be smarter than what they were. They might have seen huge potential in already established and implemented infrastructure called "GOD", so what if we project ourselves as Gods, it was finger licking delicious, and they made use of it. Hence we were thought Parents and Teachers are Gods and we should obey them. My questions to real Gods will apply for these mini Gods. if they are Gods, why can't they convert all bad people in world to good people? why this mini Gods couldn't convert all bad kids/ bad students to good ones?
Conclusion don't believe in God or these mini Gods. I say being honest if very important for oneself. It help you a lot in achieving mental peace. If you can help yourself with these concept to be honest and faithful, just go ahead and use these concepts, be good, but not stupid.
