Describe the main characteristics of a religious response to the human search for meaning. Since the beginning of time, human beings have continually sought evidence and explanation to answer the big questions of human experience. 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 the way of living it has always been important for human beings and religion does this through its characteristics, its beliefs and its believers, its sacred texts and writings, its ethics, its rituals and its ceremonies. Is there anything else? Is there a Supreme Being? In order to know where we are going, the human race must establish where it came from and who the ultimate creator is. Religion uses sacred texts and stories to tell very diverse creation stories. This element of religion also relies heavily on the belief of the believers, as the only evidence relies on texts which have few credible witnesses and this is why belief is such an important feature of religion. Who am I? And why am I here? The search for the purpose of existence. Religion gives meaning to life because it demonstrates human nature and how life should be lived. Ethics is a common feature of religion that is used to distinguish boundaries and establish morality to determine what should be accepted and what acts should be despised, punished, and not accepted. The characteristic ethics of religion is the basis of the entire social system of the modern world, which is directly based on the characteristics of rituals and ceremonies, which also play an important role in putting this ethics into practice. For example, in Catholicism, confession is undertaken when the wrongs committed by an individual are reconciled and repaired. If there is a supreme being who controls everything, why does he allow the pain and suffering of his people? Religion often answers this question by suggesting that everything happens for a reason. Belief is key to this element, because the believer must have faith that there is a reason and that greater forces will make things better if they rely on faith. Sacred texts support this with constant references in the Bible to God testing people in order to later amend them. Buddhists call this suffering Dukkha and if this pain and despair is overcome, it will end and a much more pleasant path will open up for the person, which is based on belief and respect for ethics..