Kwaku argued that we should share the ANE perspective instead of our European. The issue is the Mormon perspective isn’t the usual perspective in the ANE. The ANE recognized the difference between men and gods. There existed a species difference between them and if they united they would result in demi-gods. That is different from a Mormon perspective where the difference between gods and men are that one is glorified and the other isn’t.
In most ancient Near Eastern societies humans were basically viewed as insignificant. They possessed little dignity and worth and were thought to be merely slaves to the gods. They had no freedom, since the whim and fancy of the gods decided the direction and outcomes of their lives.
Currid, John D.. Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament (pg. 48)
That is hardly the anthropology of the Bible and hardly the anthropology of Mormonism. Kwaku simply picks and chooses what elements dominate biblical thought.
