Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-97.81.240.58-20130603234626/@comment-26516965-20141206111512

No. Of course, if you view this lore-wise.

In the times of Mundus' creation there were the Ehlnofey. Those were the divines who didn't escape the mortal plane and lost their divinity, to say shortly. Some of them managed to create a wondrous, stabilized realm in the unstabilized Nirn, where they could live like they lived when they were godlike. However, there were still loads of Ehlnofey who wandered in the world, hardened and tempered by the harsh world that was still sort of forming and not really nice to live in. The Wandering Ehlnofey once found the land of the Old Ehlnofey (the ones who founded a realm) and expected to be warmly welcomed by their kin. Sadly, they weren't and a war broke out. In the end, the entire world was reshaped and the result of the conflict etc are the four continents we know today -Tamriel, Atmora, Yokuda, Akavir. The first one is a former Old Ehlnofey kingdom, the other three are Wandering Ehlnofey lands. The Mer are descendants of Old Ehlnofey, the Men are descendants of the Wandering Ehlnofey.

Conclusion: both Men and Mer have divine ancestry and both could achieve godhood. Deal with it, Thalmor.