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Given that, I wonder what gods would be the most prominent without those two books?ie Which gods would you worship in their place?
This is a hard question to answer. But, there would be some kind of spiritual belief. The hard part to answer is that you need to be more specific. Or maybe give a scenario. Which god would it be today? Or, which god would it be today if humans couldn't keep records? Which god would it be today... i actually think something like the Abrahamic god bc that text is the best for indoctrinating people that can't think for themselves. The concepts of have no god other than me, don't do this or that, blah. It creates followers that don't question due to being afraid of hell. It's genius in that regard.
Now, the second scenario might be different... if we couldn't keep text. In that situation it could really be anything. Again, the same rules apply... what religion can i create where people will follow it and not question it? You can create anything really at that point.
But if we add in you can't keep text and you can't have another person to tell you... well, that would be interesting. I think people would worship themselves as god. Or, since people are creative, they'll think of something that will be unique to them. There would be essentially multiple faiths. Different person to person based off personality.
Edit* i should add, or no faith for some. But there will always be spirituality bc it's encoded in us through evolution... or maybe even, spiritually encoded.