Or really learn how to study Vivec's sermons.

Eh, I constantly have issues with people thinking gods are either aedra or daedra anyway. In the most basic definition, those two mean 'Our Ancestor' and 'Not Our Ancestor' in Aldmeri. The 8 divines the altmer worshiped are aedra, as the aldmer believe they're descendants of them, while the daedra are not their their ancestors and are to be reviled, including Lorkhan/Shor/Shezarr. The Dunmer are considered high heretics, as they dared to call those who are 'not our ancestor' as their ancestor.

But to make it simple for everyone, there's:
Aedra: those who died and became Mundus
Daedra: Those who did not give a piece of themselves to Mundus and now reside in Oblivion
Magna-Ge: The spirits that live in the Aetherius (Meridia used to be one of them, until her daddy, Magnus, threw her out)

Divines: Those who fit neither of these definitions (includes guys like Mannimarco the God of Worms, Talos, Trinimac, and Phynmaster)

1. No, but they were forced to adopt they cyrodil gods into their pantheon

2. He is only important to Men

3. Misguided or not, it is their beliefs.

If the Thalmor wanted to exterminate all of mankind why did they then accept the surrender of the Empire when they could have just killed them all outright?

the Divines are the 9 Gods of the Imperial Cult

Akatosh
Arkay
Mara
Dibella
Stendarr
Zenithar
Kynareth
Julianos
Talos


However there are MANY other gods from the various faiths

http://uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Gods

One thing you should remember, in the World of the Elder Scrolls, all religions are true.

No they were not.. and Talos is important to the sustainability to the whole planet.

So, if we're here arguing about beliefs...wouldn't that be just an argument that no one could possibly win as everyone here is fully intent on keeping their opinion and just seeks to convince the other side, who also holds fast to their own opinions? Seems like a stalemate to me.

How on earth is Talos important to the stability of Nirn?

Yes, yes, I know this already, thank you. I'm just saying that they're the ones that usually come to my mind when somebody says the word "god" in a TES game.

Keep in mind that most of the other gods are either Daedra or just different faces of Cyrodiil's Divines.

The Divines are a mashup of Elven and Nordic gods.

Do you even know what Et'ada are? There are way more gods beyond simply Aedra and Daedra.

The same way that Lorkhan is/was. Erasing Talos and unbinding time (removing space and time) is the Thalmors goal, so they can return to life before Lorkhan.

This doesn't seem to be going anywhere, honestly I don't think anyone here is about to relent. But if that's not all the gods, how many gods are there then? I feel like there's way too many as it is.

While at the same time preventing any chance of having someone like Lorkhan/Shor/Shezarr appear to hatch another plan again.

Within the different pantheons? Uhm, no. Aside from cultural god-heroes, most of the gods are different perspectives on the same ones.

...Just like real-life history!

Until we get a game that is given from a pro-anuic perspective, such a claim can not be paraded as fact.

Anu? Sithis? Magnus? Magna Ge? Ehlnofey?

I read this entire post in Heimskr's voice.

mannimarco

Primordial force, Primordial force, gone or might be Mehrunes Dagon, we have little info and they are not worshiped besides, like, Meridia?, not gods.

I don't think he is a god.

Do their tears help anything? No. What happened happened.

He's both god and not-god due to the Warp in the West. We see them both in Oblivion as the Necromancer's Moon and as that Altmer fellow in the Mage's Guild questline.

He's more a god than half your list.

Uesp lists them all as Gods.