I'm an atheist and I don't agree with you. I think mythology is indeed necessary, not only necessary it's proven to work since these narratives survived for thousands of years, across many countries and cultures.
So maybe it's something deeply rooted in humans, since one of our great sources of success as a species was the ability to pass on information through generations, allowing it to compound.
And it makes sense that it works, if all narratives were literal then they'd be quite boring, maybe less memorable.
Scientific literature has it's own way of conveying information, but serves a different purpose, without magic and mythology. I think very few people look at religious books as scientific material/source, maybe a very small, but loud, minority.
I have a similar idea I believe, that whether or not the concepts are true, their effects on human spirits or groups spirit is enough to use them and keep them going.
And it might not be by random chance that some narratives have similar structures, which probably some stem from, or were inspired, by other religions and cultures.
Others simply evolved in that direction, through thousands of iterations, so it seems like lot of religions might be quite "optimized" and boiled down to the essentials of human condition, so the type of narratives, frames and contexts influence our perspectives and help us thrive and propel us forward in life.
So maybe it's something deeply rooted in humans, since one of our great sources of success as a species was the ability to pass on information through generations, allowing it to compound.
And it makes sense that it works, if all narratives were literal then they'd be quite boring, maybe less memorable.
Scientific literature has it's own way of conveying information, but serves a different purpose, without magic and mythology. I think very few people look at religious books as scientific material/source, maybe a very small, but loud, minority.