Fiction: Pursued by angels and demons, Akran must find a way to heal the rift between worlds

(2 Months ago)

K thinks I dislike all religions. That isn’t true. I’m actually quite fond of some of them.

See, religions are nothing but an evolutionary trick to ensure the survival of the species. Without it, humans would have wiped each other out a long time ago. They were always too short-sighted, too violent and too given to acting out of emotion.

Someone once said, “You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas in monkey heaven.” That’s a pretty astute observation. Religion kept the lunatics in check. Over time, these religions became more and more complicated. Today, it’s a vestigial organ, like your appendix – useful for nothing except the occasional painful inflammation.

Gods just want to be worshipped. They don’t want to be co-opte