Of course, we need food, shelter, water and so on, but so do wild animals. ... A religion is a cornerstone for spirituality which helps us to develop a grasp of moral characters and ethics that animals do not have. ... Everyone cannot judge his action or thought to have a good moral, nor others can judge yours, but the Bible or Quran tells us what's morally right to do or wrong. ... I have a friend called Tod, who was really a violent kid, but now I see him as a totally different person, a polite and respectable guy after he started believing in religion because the belief in god changed ...

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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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