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Stuffing our environment
"George.com" wrote in message ... "michael adams" wrote in message ... "Richard Brooks" wrote in message ... It's only through the human ego 'you are the Shepherd and master of all you survey' shite written in the bible by man and man alone that has percolated to these times that we feel that we have a special place. ... I beg to differ. The human race believe they have a special place because a far as is known, they alone are self-conscious in any highly developed sense*, they alone believe themselves to be aware of the feelings of others, and they alone are capable of forming abstract moral principles. Regardless of religions which, in the views of some, are merely belief systems designed to as to satisfactorily explain some of the above features. The fact that such features may in fact be a "fortuitous" concomitant of spare brain capacity is neither here nor there. a lobby group of fundamental US pastors has been formed urging Bush to deal with global warming on the understanding that god made us custodians of the earth, something we are not doing so well at. They argue that caring for Gods creation involves environmental care. .... I wouldn't want to base any argument of what US pastors claim or don't claim. Apparently one branch of Christian Fundamentalists in the States believe Armaggedon* is only around the corner in any case - in the Holy Land. Israel has a special place both biblically and geo-politically. Some aspects of US Middle East policy really are a Crusade although quite where this puts mainly non-christian Neo-Cons is another matter. * an actual location in Israel/Palestine/Jordan/? Just like all Fundamantalists, these people - quite possibly Bush included are quite happy to die early in the belief they're destined for heaven. They wiped out the Native Americans on that pretext and its quite possible they're willing to wipe out the entire world as well I personally put my faith in Big Mac Whoppers, Triple Burger Kings, and unsustainable health care costs, bringing the land of the free to its knees before we ever get to that stage. The lure of frying onions will prevail. But that's another matter. michael adams nil desperandum .... rob |
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