Why does humanity believe in things greater than themselves? What is the drive behind that belief? Do you have your own set of beliefs?

I think humanity believs in things greater than themselves for many reasons. The first on that came to me is someone to blame. The idea of fate and someone else controling ones destiny takes away all blame for messing up your life. It is hard to look back, see what you did wrong and admit it was your fault. We blame a greater being for our life. Another reason would be to explain unexplainable events. If one doesn't understand something often they atribute it to a higher being. Such as how the greeks didn't understand lighting so they said that zeus created it. I think the last and biggest reason is for hope. When life is hard we need someone to pray to. Having someone to go to who can fix your problems is hopeful. It can give someone the drive to live when they have lost all else. A greater being is in a way the embodiment of hope. It is that miracle that one can hope or pray for.

I am a Jew. I although do not identify with all Jewish beliefs. I think community is very important. I also think there is some higher entity which watches over us. I do believe that we have complete control of our actions and therefor our destiny or fate. I think this higher entity can help us figure out the chalenge of life. We can look to it for guidence, but eventually everything has to come from us. We need to have faith in ourselves and not through our life away for nothing.