“religion only makes suffering worse” Evaluate this statement considering arguments for and against. In your answer you should:
• Refer to Christian teachings
• Refer to non-religious points of view
• Reach a justified conclusion (12)

Point 1 : Anti religion argument- Talk about anti abortion and anti lgbt movements amongst Christians and the hypocrisy surrounding it due to ‘Love thy neighbour’ teachings ect.

Point 2 : Pro religion argument - Religion allows for you to make peace with things such as death *or* religion can act as a moral compass whereas with no religion you could argue you would have no motivation to be a good eithical person - 10 commandments as an example of this.

Point 3: 2nd Anti Religion argument - religions make you do things for a reward, example being Ecclesiastes 9:5-6, whereas without religion you are your own moral compass and therefore are morally better

Conclusion: conclude your own opinion, if it was me I would be on the anti religion standpoint and would argue it only causes suffering because even if you are a good religious person, your scripture, in this case the Bible, condones terrible tragedies such as slavery, and you cannot pick and choose with it.

Hope this rough plan helps :)

The answer would be west.