Originally Posted by asaris

I don't know why people come to faith. It's undoubtedly any number of reasons, and probably in most cases a combination of reasons. Some people believe because they think it's the truth, some out of fear of hell, and some for other reasons. Do people believe in order to ascribe a higher meaning? I'm not sure what that means, and I suspect it means any number of things. Some people might believe because they find life so dull, they need something, some grand narrative, to make it seem less dull. On the other hand, one of the reasons I believe is because I find the ramifications of our actions in this life insufficient for there to be justice. This can also be described as believing in order to ascribe a higher meaning, but it's much different from the former motive.