There's something out there bigger than individual human minds, we don't currently have the technology to completely understand it. People have labeled it religion, God, the unified theory, first cause, whatever it may be, there's something. The only way to improve the human condition in general is to be more empathetic, and love whenever possible, because punishment has proven ineffective for a lot of human problems, and just creates more problems. If I had to identify a religious belief it would be Buddhist. I don't think I'm coming back as a dog after I die, but I can't honestly know either way. Personally I try and be as empathetic as I can towards people, because of the understanding that everyone's happiness is dependent on everyone else, so, you might only be a small part of someone's day, but do you want to be the small, terrible, part of their day?