It is easier to utilize an ideal entity which serves as a guideline for helping us to make decisions. Such an ideal entity which is usually authority, be it religious or in any form provides a sense of certainty because firstly it saves the individual from the painstaking effort of having to wade through a number of alternatives in the search for proof and hence the truth and secondly, it provides him with a sense of complaisance by making him rely on the ‘other’ for his beliefs and hence his actions.