"Anthropologists tell us that there are three things that distinguish humanity from other animals - religion, the use of abstract language and the making of tools." (Pick One, p.13) Religion has been one of the most commanding and compelling elements in the lives of human beings since the dawn of our existence, whatever and whenever it may have been. In every society at any time in our history we have established some kind of faith or belief system in order to satisfy our need and desire to have answers and explanations to some of the most fundamental and prevalent questions and inquiries concerning life, death, and the supernatural or sacred, with entities such as one often referred to as God. "The university of religion (in the broadest sense) suggests that it corresponds to some deep and probably inescapable human need. People instinctively sense a need for moral order." …
