There are some features that demarcate mankind from animal such as languages, tools, arts, and religions. The most remarkable one of them is religion. Religion is an only thing and an old friend of mankind. From the time mankind began, religion has been with mankind even though nobody knows exactly why, when, and how it begun. As we know through our history, religion is essential in our lives.

Religion makes us good persons. First, religion teaches us how to act people who need our helps. It tells us to help the poor and have mercy on the weak. Secondly, religion shows us the way to respond to our parents. For example, religion forces us to obey and respect them. Finally, religion makes us have a good personality because it always tells us not to angry but to endure and tolerate. Due to patience, we can learn how to control our emotion of anger. In short, religion affects us to be good persons.

Religion gives us hopes. Religion makes us comfortable in rough condition. For instance, when I was very nervous in my college entrance exam, I could get comfortable with my religion by praying. Also, religion encourages us in difficult time. After 9.11 incident in last year, we could see that the remained families were encouraged by religion. Moreover, religion gives us hopes about after death. As an example, Christianity promises the believers eternal life. Thus, religion provides us with hopes in this time as well as coming time.

Religion makes us one in good ways. Religion lets our families one. If one family has the same religion, they can easily be one and communicate well. Sometimes, religion makes our nations tie to be one. After last 9.11 incident, even though the religions were different, all Americans could be one, gave courage and shared with their sorrows each other. In addition, religion affects mankind to pursue the important, same ideas. Most of the religions in the world have similar philosophies such as love, mercy, equality, and something like eternal thing, so religions allow us to try to have the same ideas. As a result, religion affects us to be one in family, nation and philosophy that we think it is right.

All in all, religion must be necessary in our lives in that it makes us good persons, gives us hopes about future and bring us together in family, nations, and world with the same philosophy. Nobody imagines the world without religions. As far as mankind continues, religion will be with us, forever.