myths explain

Enkidu and Gilgamesh became very close friends. They killed Huwawa and the Bull of heaven. "Two people together prevail against terror." (p.43) Because of their actions, the gods got upset. They decided one of them should die, and Enkidu fell sick.
"Enkidu said: must I now go sit among the dead, in the company of the dead without my brother?
Gilgamesh said: must I now sit outside the door of the house of the dead while Endiku sits in the house of the dead among the shadow companions?" (p.38)
Once again, we can see the story is very accurate for the time it was written in. We see how the Mesopotamians explained sickness and death throughout "the gods' intentions".
The changes between those times and these are very big. We have developed in science and medicine, now we can explain things with facts and not myths. In the early ages, everything needed an explanation, that’s why they created so many gods. Now days, most of the people are monotheistic because they have no need to create so many gods. Even though human knowledge has replaced polytheism, we, humans still feel the need to create at least one god, something to pray to. Something that hasn’t changed is our need to believe we are cared for, and listened to.
I wonder if in a thousand years, some English students will be studying modern novels like we are studying Gilgamesh. At the same time I wonder if they will come up with some explanation, or reason to not believe in a god.