David Harmon, Uncertainty Avoidance

According to Hofstede, Uncertainty Avoidance is an individual's fear of the unknown or unexplainable and the extents to which they go to avoid them. The biggest example I see of this is religion itself. All forms of religion, and therefore this is not limited to one culture. People are afraid of the possibility that there is no divine Creator or that there is no afterlife or that there is no reason for life and there is no point to living. Now, I don’t mean to say that religion is a farce, nor do I mean to express my own beliefs on the matter, but if you look into the history books, you find that all religion can be traced back to man. Religion is a human’s way of assuring themselves that the questions they fear the answers to, are answered in the way they see fit and acceptable. Specifically in (most forms of) Christianity, there is a belief that when someone dies, as long as they have kept pure and good and lived life as God wills it, then they will be rewarded in the afterlife with heaven and pure happiness. This is the avoidance that alleviates the fear of the divine creator, the afterlife, and the reason for living.