... mental pain resulting from a sense of loss, disturbance, or a general feeling of powerlessness surrounding a series of events. When stricken with pain we ultimately look to religion and ask if this is God's intention, or ask Him to rectify the pain we feel. It is human nature to try to understand the meaning of such pain, and attempt to eliminate or alter the ... that doesn't, at some time, struggle with some sort of suffering, such as mental illness, alcoholism, financial difficulties or death. When flooded with grief, we immediately question God's existence and ask how He can allow be...

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Religion has been a strong force in humanity since the first cavemen. Man has always and will always look at the world and ask why. Why does lightning happen, or crops fail? Nobody knew and so religion was born. If humanity did not cause it then something did so we created the gods or ... potentially destroy a person or a whole group. One example can be overly religious people or groups that have been taught to hate instead of love. Almost all-terrorist groups in the Middle East use the Allah as away to justify their gruel attacks on others. They hate another group so completely for crimes l...

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• Grade Level: High School