All gods come from the same place

Madalyn Murray O'Hair wrote in 1978 "Did you know all gods come from the same place?" a storybook for children illustrated by Joe Kirby. It begins with:

"Upon a time people were like kids. They could not read or write. They never went to school. They did not even know how to build houses such as the one you live in. They did not know what caused the rain, or the thunder, or the lighning. If they caught a cold or were ill, they did not know why, or how to help themselves."

But they had a great power. They could think, they could imagine. They used their mind to solve many of these problems, and when thought alone was not enough, they used their imagination. They imagined gods that were similar to them, omnipotent being moving the threads of thinks that they could not explain. Our ancestors also suffered, and were afraid of the unknown and afraid to die, so they invented complex fantasies that gave them the hope of living forever. The best of those fantasies have lasted, and they form the canon of established religions.

Christopher Hitchens says:

"... we’re afraid of the dark and we’re afraid to die, and we believe in the truth of holy books that are so stupid, and so fabricated, that a child can, and all children do (as you can tell by their questions) actually see through them."

But we no longer need these fantasies, least that a few make money with them offering false hopes to the weak. As children that leave their toys behind when they grow, we can abandon the false comfort of childish fantasies, and seek a path of happiness leading to the cultural evolution of our species.

Video with the reading of the book for children: