Just talking about the significance of religion, its main significance can be summarized into three kinds.
First, the first meaning of religion is to fill the gaps in knowledge.
There are many unknowns in the world, such as where does the world come from and what will the world look like? What happens when people die and so on.
Some unknowns make people anxious, some unknowns make people afraid, and they can't be explained scientifically, reasonably and effectively, so religion comes.
It gives an unquestionable answer in an unverifiable way-the world comes from God, believing that God goes to heaven and not believing that God goes to hell.
For believers, this answer is much more reassuring than blank.
Second, the second meaning of religion is to give you a backing.
People are very small and helpless in the universe.
If there is an all-knowing and all-powerful God who can help himself and accept himself unconditionally, that would be great.
Although I walked through the valley of the shadow of death, I was not hurt, and my soul was placed by the calm water. The sense of security is bursting.
When people become small in front of nature and the society is in turmoil, the more people yearn for a backer, the stronger their religious belief becomes.
In modern society, people's ability to transform nature is greatly enhanced, and more people can leave this backer and live confidently.
Third, the third meaning of religion is to give you the courage to face death.
Fear of death is written in genes. If there is no fear of death, carriers of this gene are more likely to perish.
Fear of death is nature, which can protect human beings and make them multiply.
But people don't want to see the shadow of death all day, so religion was born.
As long as you believe in God, you will go to heaven after death and get the highest happiness.
Fear of death is one of the core reasons for the existence of religion.
Most people who look down on life and death have fewer religious plots.