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What is Suffering? Learning Goal: Today I will identify ways people suffer.

What is Suffering? Learning Goal: Today I will identify ways people suffer. Suffering is an unpleasantness associated with harm or the threat of harm. . YOUR JOB: In groups of 3 you are brainstorming the following questions by adding points to the bubble in your notes

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What is Suffering? Learning Goal: Today I will identify ways people suffer.

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  1. What is Suffering?Learning Goal: Today I will identify ways people suffer.

  2. Suffering is an unpleasantness associated with harm or the threat of harm. • YOUR JOB: In groups of 3 you are brainstorming the following questions by adding points to the bubble in your notes 1. Why do people suffer in life? 2. What are ways people respond to suffering? 3. What can be done to reduce the suffering in the world? 4. Can suffering be a good thing? Explain why or why not in point form.

  3. Why do people suffer in life?

  4. What are ways people respond to suffering?

  5. What can be done to reduce the suffering in the world?

  6. Can Suffering be a good thing?Why or why not?

  7. Suffering is important to human life because...... Suffering plays an important role in most religions, for matters like: • Relief; moral conduct (do no harm, help the afflicted, show compassion); • spiritual advancement through life hardships or • through self-imposed trials (penance); ultimate destiny (salvation).

  8. 4 Responses to Suffering

  9. 1. Hopelessness

  10. 2.INDIVIDUALISM

  11. 3. ENLIGHTENED SELF INTEREST

  12. 4. Compassion

  13. Responses to Suffering Quiz

  14. As you watch the clips, write down as many forms of suffering you see. Where is the Love- Black eyed Peas • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc Mr. Wendal – Arrested Development • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyDjRd0Tjss Example: Hunger, Homelessness

  15. Why is There Suffering? Read pages 14-19 in textbook

  16. Journal Question: Suffering • Watch video on Africa • In your Journal answer the following questions: (2 paragraphs) Describe some of the Suffering you observed in the video? For what reasons do people suffer in Africa? What is YOUR response to the suffering you saw in the video? (HP, IN, ESI or CMP) Compare the suffering of people in Africa to North America. Do people suffer in the same ways? In what ways are they the same? Different?

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