All human beings encounter pain and suffering in life. This can present some difficult questions to organized religions.
On some level all religions answer fundamental questions of human existence including why are we here? Pain and suffering complicate these basic questions of human existence whether the religion is monotheistic polytheistic or atheistic.
Some people endure much more pain and suffering than others. Why is this so? What is the origin of suffering? Is evil external or internal? Does it have any meaning? How should we respond to it?
Even more difficult is the problem of moral evil: some people deliberately cause other people to suffer. Why? If there is meaning in the universe and especially if the universe is ruled by a beneficent deity how can this be?
Write an essay of 1000 words that examines the basic positions of each of the five religious traditions considering these human questions
In your essay address the following questions: