True faith provides meaning to ordinary people’s lives.

Evidence

I became convinced that a true faith was among them, that their faith was for them a necessary thing, and alone gave them a meaning in life and a possibility of living. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 153

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 153
• XREF: connects to: Faith has importance in providing meaning to life. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 184; Faith offers an understanding of life that contrasts with rational knowledge. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 118; Faith offers existential meaning that transcends suffering and death. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 130 (+3 more)

Library Connections

• Faith has importance in providing meaning to life. #corroborates (0.95) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 184
• Faith can become a pain rather than a source of comfort. #complicates (0.65) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 194

Broader Connections

• Trust is a faith-like commitment, not mere cognitive calculation #expands (0.78) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 73
• Faith offers existential meaning that transcends suffering and death. #expands (0.75) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 130
• Faith offers an understanding of life that contrasts with rational knowledge. #expands (0.60) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 118
• Scientific rationalism shades into the very faith it claims to dismiss #qualifies (0.50)