From: dmonger@yabbs
To: Cat@yabbs
Subject: re: religion
Date: Tue Aug 16 14:57:36 1994
well it depends on the religion.

for christianity, it helps with both.  It provides something relatively concrete
after death (as opposed to nothingness which is a concept i'm still working
on after 21 years of trying to figure it out every night while i fall asleep),
and it provides guidelines to help one make decisions throughout their lives.

Also, a lot of people have a great deal of trouble with the idea that all
the events in the world are random (not that i'm saying they are).  It can be
much more comforting to believe that everything happens for a reason.

-peter