Why shouldn't all the "rules" be questioned? ... Wuthnow calls this "reflective morality" (695). Chris McCandless attempted to call upon reflective morality to find his own spirituality. ... No longer to be poisoned by civilization he flee, and walks alone upon the land to become Lost in the Wild. ... Then they just slapped new names on it and called it a new unorthodox religion. ...
The way humans were created has always been something questioned in a person's mind. ... If God was not pleased with his creation he would not have told man to be fruitful and multiply nor would he have called his creation good (The Bible Old Testament, 546-547). ... The Epic of Gilgamesh told a story about a fight between Gilgamesh (a demi-god) and Enkidu (a wild man who lived among untamed beasts). ...
Then Satan tempted Jesus by taking him to the highest point of the temple and told him to jump off, possibly to make Jesus question if God was actually there and would rescue his son. ... It touches on there being some wild animals and that the angles took care of him. ... This shows that it is right at the beginning, when Jesus knew that he must begin his ministry, he was called into the wilderness to be tempted. ...
Parker might have previously believed that he was completely apathetic to religion, but as the tractor he was driving crashed into the tree he found himself calling on the only help he could call on; "God Above."" ... That Sarah Ruth is a self-proclaimed righteous woman of God is no question to the audience. ...
Because grapes do not produce abundant fruit when left to grow wild, the concept of a vineyard implies that someone is tending the vines to ensure that the vines are well cultivated. ... Israel was a land filled with vineyards during the time of Isaiah, so it is very likely the Israelites would have understood the various nuances and word usages for describing grapes.4 The Hebrew term beushim (H890) means a wild grape. The term actually means a stinking grape, which presumably means that the wild grapes have an offensive odor that makes them unsuitable for use in wine production.5 Isaiah 5:2 u...
