G od called the rulers gods . Lot s of things can be a god . Your TV can be a god. Baal was a god . Zeus was a god .
Drugs are a god for some people.
But they are not G od. A god is something that runs your life. In Psalm 82 God says I called you people gods of my people. It is a Psalm condemning the gods . When Jesus referred to those guys with the rocks in their hands in John 10 along with the leaders being condemned in the Psalm that is what really set them off.