The value of Religion

Do people embrace religion in order to cope with the issue of death and an afterlife? To rephrase, are those that embrace religion doing so to have a way of dealing with death?

I still am not asking it right...trying to be cute...does religion sooth fears about death? If so, I don't think it is working.... It seems to me that the ones that fear death the most, are those that practice religion.

Is a fear of death more prevelant among people that practice a religion than among those that do not?