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Question 1: Describe the main characteristics of a religious response to the human search for meaning.

Since the beginning of time human beings have continuously searched for evidence and an explanation to answer the great questions of human experience, Is there a supreme being? Who am I? Why is there evil pain and suffering? And is there life after death? Discovering the meaning of life and a way in which to live it has always been important to human being and religion does this through its characteristics, beliefs and believers, sacred texts and writings, ethics and rituals and ceremonies.

Is there something else out there? Is there a Supreme Being? In order to find out where we are going the human race must establish where they came from and who is the ultimate creator. Religion uses sacred texts and stories to tell the tales of creation of which span quite diverse. This element of religion also relies heavily on the belief of the believers as the only evidence is on texts......

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