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/^t/People do (or, at least, want to) believe because they fear death. Religions give them hope in respect to both eartly existence and life beyond the grave. They enhance human confidence and courage when people, strengthened by faith and convinced of God's assistance, face dangers which would have otherwise led to their annihilation. Religions expound on the meaning of events considered to have originated in the supernatural. Spiritual systems most frequently do not fail to provide ethical precepts which followers of their doctrines are supposed to adhere to - people are no longer in the dark as to what course of action one should take in given circumstances, need for constant ethical reflection and analysis is replaced with a ready-made set of principles. And to make the enumeration complete, the momentous world-explanatory nature of religious systems ought to be emphasized. Religions provide many people with a sense to life, they give it a purpose, they interpret life as meaningful, they often make it seem worth living.