When you see a struggle that you may be having personally put on a big screen and in a roomful of people then it makes you feel less crazy or alone because you're seeing that other people are dealing with it too. You get to see in this imaginary scenario how people might try and answer some questions or deal with some problems.
Religion brings to man an inner strength spiritual light and ineffable peace.
The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods.