In my opinion, individuals who experience more freedom of choice will therefore be inclined to make personal moral and ethical decisions. ... 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. ...

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Even on the money, they printed their moral" In God We Trust". ... Such as in 1989, there was a movie called the Last Temptation of Christ. ... That's why we call the western world the Christian world. ... It was the spirit made the pioneers found wealth in the wild ground. ...

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The Serpent "was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. ... Steinbeck says, "There was a time when a girl like Cathy would have been called possessed by the devil. ... The serpent, manipulated Eve into eating the apple and Cathy killed Faye for her money and manipulated Adam into believing she was an innocent woman with good moral standards until she shot him. ... Cathy hated herself so much that she took her own life, and God said to the serpent, "Cursed are you above all the livestock and all wild animals! ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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...

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• Has Bibliography
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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."" ... Slattery describes "Parker's Back" "as a story that "explores how an individual learns to focus his moral vision on the visible creation in order to apprehend, if even for an instant, the invisible presence of the Creator by means of grace."" ...

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• Grade Level: High School