I dont understand the idea that the creation myths disproval equals the death of God, they are only literary tools and to be honest occupy the place of a prayer really, the story in oral tradition was told at the point of opening a project or creative endevour and not as fact. There are creation mythologies globally which serve the same purpose without the controversy. The important elements of it are that God was a creator, not a warrior subduing forces external to itself as had been depicted in many rival faiths and philosophies, that it was done without effort and was followed by rest.
I agree that God can not be dead while it remains an important communicative concept even to athiests and anti-theists, the question then is whether it is a mere psychological construct used in symbolic communication, anthropomorphic even if in an unobvious way, or a reality apart from mankind. Did we create God or did God create us? Regardless of whether it is perpetuated as a live idea.
Dawkins et al would suppose that "God" is an idea, a delusional idea with no redeeming features at that, which through memetic process is self-perpetuating. The contrary view is that God exists, a discernable presence, discovered intuitively but totally distorted by our limited capacities. The thing about the contrary view is that it could to all appearences "look" exactly as Dawkins et al suggest, which is true? I dont know for sure.
The thing about memetics is that simply talking about something "gives it life" in a way, a strange but I believe valid observation, hence the action of many opponents of theism, who want to see it dead, to dismiss with "LOL @ Christianity" rather than attempt any discourse. Its something that was pointed out to me by a champion of homosexuality that whether you approve or disapprove the minute to enter into discourse on it you "profile" it in a way that other sexualities will not be profiled, so even if you oppose its legitimacy, spread or adoption as a mass behaviour, if you mention it, you lose. These are ideas that I'm still trying to fully comprehend, memetics etc. and they dont sit entirely right with a lot of things I think I know for sure more through intuition than thinking but I'm not sure which trait is the stronger and time will tell.
Objectively I think the state does occupy the position God once did, benevolent provider and protector, but disillusionment with this has already set in in a big way, the rival theories which could take its place, marketplace as God, heads of industry as God etc. I believe are worse prospects.