ESSAY: SUFFERING This assignment allows you to explore how one's perspective influences one's response to difficulties.
Here is your goal for this assignment:

Write an essay contrasting one of three philosophical perspectives on suffering to a biblical perspective on suffering, using a real-world situation

The lesson "Perspectives on Suffering" in this unit briefly considers three views of suffering that come from three philosophical perspectives--fatalism, determinism, and humanism. In a three-part essay of 250-300 words, complete the following:

Briefly describe a situation (real or imagined) in which you experienced physical, mental, or spiritual suffering (approximately 75 words).
Describe how you would view that suffering, based on either a fatalistic, deterministic, or humanistic perspective (approximately 100 words).
Describe how you would view that suffering based on a biblical perspective on suffering (approximately 100 words).
You may draw from the material presented in this unit as well as other sources (books, magazines, television, conversations with friends, the Bible) to assist you in your work. Make sure to reference any sources you use. Include at least three Scripture references.