... very sin. Consequently, law punished individual crimes and suffering was punishment for sin. It has been usually recognized in rabbinic Judaism that suffering is due to one's own misconduct. Numerous biblical passages indicate that suffering results from wrongdoing and is a punishment for sin. A direct relationship exists between suffering and wrongdoing and between happiness and right action. Suffering may also occur from a ... whom human beings may hope for a similar fate for themselves." A different Christian view of suffering can be found in the Pauline writings. In working out his...

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... of the religions of the world, one of the primary questions that they are to answer is that of the meaning of life and life after death. As long as man has been self-aware and cognizant of the passage of time, he has operated with the knowledge that he, at some time as a mortal ... the entry of a person into either paradise or hell. It is described as a perfect garden, possessing of more attributes than the Garden of Eden, with everything imbued with the all-loving presence of Allah. There are plentiful fruit trees and wide rivers, a perfect image of an oasis for a religion based in th...

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