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Critically analyse the wellbeing benefits of investigating theological answers to one of life’s big questions - “Should the goal of life be to pursue happiness?” Throughout your response you should also consider the impact of not investigating the question at hand on one’s wellbeing. **Structure your body paragraphs around themes and maintain a clear thesis throughout your response. Be sure to support your ideas with logical reasoning, evidence from credible sources and examples wherever appropriate. THESIS: Finding answers to life's existential questions, such as whether the goal of life should be to pursue happiness, provides individuals with a framework for reflection and guidance. This exploration can lead to enhanced well-being through a greater clarity of purpose, emotional stability and a deeper sense of fulfillment in one's journey. 1) Why people ask the “big question” and seek answers for it? – Humans are curious of the existential meaning of their life - Innate curiosity - Everyone longs to understand the purpose of life. Without purpose, life becomes as they say, “rearranging furniture on the Titanic“—killing time until the inevitable end. 2) What is ‘happiness’? – material happiness and enlightenment Temporary or personal happiness Biblical happiness – joy, blessed state 3) The benefits of finding answers? 4) The three different ‘answers’ – Christianity, Buddhism and Sikhism Christianity: Our ultimate pursuit is not personal happiness, but to bring God glory, which will, in turn, will have human happiness and fulfilment as a byproduct.  We could even say the purpose of life is to be happy. But not with happiness as an end in itself, happy in God, which is the greatest kind of happiness. God wants us to experience the deepest joy we possibly can—joy in him. Anything less does not glorify God, and it cannot fully satisfy us either. (Yes – indirectly) Buddhism: The goal of human life is to seek enlightenment – to reach the state of Nirvana. Nirvana is a place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven. (Yes) Sikhism: The Sikh scripture, Guru Granth Sahib, declares that the purpose of human beings is to achieve a blissful state and to be in harmony with the earth and all creation. P1: Materialism ≠ true happiness Christianity, Buddhism and Sikhism all support the claim that happiness in terms of “Feeling happy all the time” should not be the goal of life and is impossible to achieve. Many people seek happiness/contentedness through material possessions. However these are transitory and fading, and many even lead to greater desire within people. There’s always another dollar to gain and another pound to lose, a better car to drive and a nicer place to live. USE YOUR ANSWERS FROM THE RELIGIONS TO SUPPORT YOUR ARGUMENT/THESIS 5) The downsides of finding answers – feeling confused and overwhelmed 6) The downsides of not finding answers – on wellbeing

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Critically analyse the wellbeing benefits of investigating theological answers to one of life’s big questions - “Should the goal of life be to pursue happiness?”

Throughout your response you should also consider the impact of not investigating the question at hand on one’s wellbeing.

**Structure your body paragraphs around themes and maintain a clear thesis throughout your response. Be sure to support your ideas with logical reasoning, evidence from credible sources and examples wherever appropriate. THESIS: Finding answers to life's existential questions, such as whether the goal of life should be to pursue happiness, provides individuals with a framework for reflection and guidance. This exploration can lead to enhanced well-being through a greater clarity of purpose, emotional stability and a deeper sense of fulfillment in one's journey.

  1. Why people ask the “big question” and seek answers for it? – Humans are curious of the existential meaning of their life
  • Innate curiosity
  • Everyone longs to understand the purpose of life. Without purpose, life becomes as they say, “rearranging furniture on the Titanic“—killing time until the inevitable end.

  1. What is ‘happiness’? – material happiness and enlightenment Temporary or personal happiness Biblical happiness – joy, blessed state

  2. The benefits of finding answers?

  3. The three different ‘answers’ – Christianity, Buddhism and Sikhism Christianity: Our ultimate pursuit is not personal happiness, but to bring God glory, which will, in turn, will have human happiness and fulfilment as a byproduct.  We could even say the purpose of life is to be happy. But not with happiness as an end in itself, happy in God, which is the greatest kind of happiness. God wants us to experience the deepest joy we possibly can—joy in him. Anything less does not glorify God, and it cannot fully satisfy us either. (Yes – indirectly)

Buddhism: The goal of human life is to seek enlightenment – to reach the state of Nirvana. Nirvana is a place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven. (Yes)

Sikhism: The Sikh scripture, Guru Granth Sahib, declares that the purpose of human beings is to achieve a blissful state and to be in harmony with the earth and all creation.

P1: Materialism ≠ true happiness Christianity, Buddhism and Sikhism all support the claim that happiness in terms of “Feeling happy all the time” should not be the goal of life and is impossible to achieve. Many people seek happiness/contentedness through material possessions. However these are transitory and fading, and many even lead to greater desire within people. There’s always another dollar to gain and another pound to lose, a better car to drive and a nicer place to live.

USE YOUR ANSWERS FROM THE RELIGIONS TO SUPPORT YOUR ARGUMENT/THESIS

  1. The downsides of finding answers – feeling confused and overwhelmed

  2. The downsides of not finding answers – on wellbeing

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