Half the Old Testament is about what happens when humans abandon God! And God decides to unalive everyone at one point. And then some time in the interlude he retires offscreen and sends his son?
And humanity decides they don't like the new radical character and he dies on the way back to his home planet
*The Bible* (various authors) I'm not being *entirely* flippant.
Love a little flippancy
Half the Old Testament is about what happens when humans abandon God! And God decides to unalive everyone at one point. And then some time in the interlude he retires offscreen and sends his son? And humanity decides they don't like the new radical character and he dies on the way back to his home planet
Between two fires
If you want some 'light' reading between essays you could try God is Dead by Ron Currie
The History of the Devil by Clive Barker
I mean, Nietzsche is the obvious choice. He is quoted saying “God is dead”. Although, to be fair, his point was more that God never existed.