"As Diane Ackerman explains, “The brain is a pattern-mad supposing machine.”[313] We look for meaning and purpose in everything, and so when we see people suffer and die for no apparent reason, we are compelled to find a way to make sense of it all. Religion allows us to do this collectively, which strengthens and legitimizes our beliefs. Our belief system thus becomes woven into the strong social fabric of society. The invention of writing gave us the means to permanently preserve our religious doctrines in the form of sacred artifacts. Religion is a way to rationalize those aspects of our existence that would otherwise seem meaningless.
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