The hard ground represents "by the way side " and prevents the seed from sprouting, and the seed becomes bird food. ... The thorny ground allows the seed to grow, but the thorns around them kill the other plants. The good ground receives the seed and produces much fruit. ... The seed is "the word of the kingdom ". ... He realized not only that he had landed himself in a bad place but also that he was unworthy to be called his father's son. ...

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The males impersonated the role of the seed in reproduction, so he assumed the role of leader and became what they called the grain king. ... His wicked brother Seth stood for all of the bad things in life including the desert, nighttime, the foreigner, disorder, and warfare. ...

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To approach any text we must first have some understanding of what it is we hope to take away from it. In approaching a religious text this understanding becomes even more muddled due to the vast complexities and differences that exist between religion and contemporary thought. To accurately approach biblical thoughts we, as moderns, must learn to "unthink many thoughts" resulting from our present alienation of religion and spirituality. God in Search of Man, a text written almost half a century ago by Abraham Joshua Heschel, is the subject of our present inquiry. This text will, no doubt,...

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God, Morality, and Meaning in Cormac McCarthy's The Road Erik J. Wielenberg Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road is, among other things, a meditation on morality, what makes human life meaningful, and the relationship between these things and God. While the novel is rife with religious imagery and ideas, it suggests a conception of morality and meaning that is secular in nature. In this paper I show that while the existence of God remains ambiguous throughout the novel, The Road contains both a clear moral code and a view about what makes life meaningful. I describe this moral code and e...

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• Grade Level: High School