The extinction of deities from a pantheon confirms spiritual authority structures, not independence from them, since the community acts as custodian of spiritual legitimacy rather than as an external moral critic.

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Custodian(as used in philosophy of religion and social structures): A guardian or keeper who has responsibility for protecting and maintaining something—in this case, the community holds the power to decide what spiritual beliefs are valid.
External moral critic(as used in ethics and social philosophy): Someone or something outside a system who judges whether that system is right or wrong by standards independent of what the system itself believes.
Pantheon(as used in religious studies and mythology): A collection of all the gods worshipped by a particular religion or culture—like the Greek gods (Zeus, Athena, etc.) or the Roman gods.
Spiritual authority structures(as used in philosophy of religion): Systems of power and belief that determine who gets to decide what counts as religiously true or legitimate in a community.

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