I agree that it depends on the setting.
Reality parasite then. 🤷♂️ But I don't buy it. There's no value in tricking a race as insignificant as ours, no Picard setting out into the wider galaxy, and nor are we amusing enough. We just aren't important enough to warrant that level of...
Uh, as an atheist or rather non religious person myself, I wouldn't kneel to some entity claiming to be a God and more likely would bring my guard up. I might see them as powerful or more technologically advanced, but I wouldn't think it was God. Reality parasite is the best I'm willingto do...