Holy Yesterday Mythical Tomorrow

How Religions Become Myth

von Ricky Firman

430 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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From fiery sacrifices to viral memes, the divine narrative of humanity has been anything but dull. Holy Yesterday Mythical Tomorrow: How Religions Become Myth is a bold, darkly comedic exploration of the lifecycle of faith and a thought-provoking follow-up to Ricky Firman's acclaimed book, Holy Olympics: Religions War for Relevance and Dominance. While Holy Olympics tackled the competitive struggle of religions to assert their dominance in a modern world, this sequel shifts focus to the inevitable transformation of those same faiths into mythology.In this latest work, Ricky examines how gods are born from humanity's fears, ignorance, and creativity, only to be retired to the realms of myth when time, progress, and logic outpace their relevance. This book dissects the rise and fall of deities across civilizations-from the grandeur of Zeus's thunderbolts to the eerie rituals of Mesoamerican gods-and speculates how the gods worshipped today might fare in the distant future.With biting wit and incisive commentary, Ricky connects the sacred to the satirical, revealing the absurdity of divine politics, the commodification of faith, and the endless human quest for meaning. As humanity marches forward with science and technology as its new priests, Holy Yesterday Mythical Tomorrow ponders the cosmic irony of how ancient beliefs persist in the age of information.The book culminates in a speculative, hilarious vision of what the gods of tomorrow might look like in a world ruled by AI, aliens, and billionaire messiahs. Whether you're a skeptic, a believer, or something in between, this book will provoke, entertain, and challenge your view of religion and its inevitable transformation into myth. Because, in the end, the sacred and the absurd have always been partners in humanity's eternal cosmic joke.