To Live is to Suffer

-Identify and discuss three questions religions seek to answer. What is time and how should we make use of it? Time is observed by the Islam, Judaism, and Christianity religions as moving forward “in a straight line from the beginning of the universe until its end.”(Molloy, Michael. Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge, and Change / Michael Molloy. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2013, pg. 15.) Time is valued since it is not guaranteed. Buddhism views time as periodic. Changes in the universe continue over large extents of time. Buddhist’s do not value time, as much because they do not think it’s “real”, they believe that the universe will not end. They like to live more in the present rather than worry about the future. Why do human beings exist? Islam, Judaism, and Christianity view that humans exist because they are included in a divine plan. Even though each person is different it has a purpose to help complete the universal plan. “The plan may be viewed as a struggle between forces of good and evil, with humans at the center of it and the forces of good and evil at work within them.”(Molloy, Michael. Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge, and Change / Michael Molloy. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2013, pg. 15.) Religions influence people to have morals and to think about their actions, to bring out the good in a person rather than the evil. Other religions such as Shinto and Daoism view humans as a tiny part of the universe, Confucianism views humans as involved in society and family. Those religions do not give priority to individual rights and focus more on how a person can continue peace with the community. Their actions are influenced by traditions, obligations, and society rather than morals. What should we hold as sacred? What should be kept scared is explained differently through various religions. Scared defines things to be “holy” such as locations, objects, and theories in that