Belief and purpose

Two special items exist in human minds, global purpose and spiritual belief, both of them often configured at childhood and then left in place for the rest of life. It helps to have both active at the same time. Spiritual belief is what allows a purpose to be well defined. Most animal don't have either one, and they are fine like that, but they can't really see bigger pictures like humans can. In a way, the highly social animals like ants do have both, but they are hard-wired. For example an ant will sacrifice its life to save the colony without any hesitation. The ant's belief system is crystal clear. With humans, the spiritual beliefs are very diverse, not hardwired the same for each. They are arbitrary, but not random. The beliefs can't be proven because they are too fundamental. They are the axioms, stated without proof. The stories of religion were created to make the beliefs more teachable and understandable. The stories are fictitios, but the beliefs, the definitions of purpose that stem from them, the consequences - are real.