Animals, by contrast, do not hold religious gatherings. Nonhuman creatures show concern only for their day-to-day existence and survival. Without the capacity for language and abstract thought, they cannot consider “before” or “after” their life. Not so with humans. We are compelled to wonder about our origins and destiny. We want to know about the origin and destiny of virtually everything in the universe. The question of what will happen after we die jumps back and