text: for those who believe god is a myth...? is he the most important myth of our time? hm - good question.  i think the myth of an optimum political-economic system would probably be a stronger contender (at least in the developed world). the myth of progress (ie. that "progress" is always a good thing) is another likely one.  on a mythos (rather than philosophical) level, the star wars films are probably the great global myth of our time (kids in all kinds of countries/languages know all the details - far more intensely than they know about any version of god).  god was probably the most important myth of previous times, but hasn't been for a while. another good question might be "when did god cease being the most important myth?" some time between the enlightenment and the french revolution?