I've never understood that, especially given that the us is so religious - isn't religion all about cherishing and praising life instead of death?
I suppose some of them can be. Or it can be "I believe that doing $X will cause $Y (even tho physics and science say it won't)". Or it can be "doing $X / giving up $Y makes me special and better than you [which gives me the right to make you also do $X / give up $Y, for your own good of course]".
I suppose some of them can be. Or it can be "I believe that doing $X will cause $Y (even tho physics and science say it won't)". Or it can be "doing $X / giving up $Y makes me special and better than you [which gives me the right to make you also do $X / give up $Y, for your own good of course]".