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Stuffing our environment
"michael adams" wrote in message ... "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. sure, a number of the fundamental christians in the US are extreme right wing in their politics and economics. In their warped logic god and looney tunes libertarianism are one and the same. If you take away their belief in god you are simply left with wacko right wing nutters who believe the free market is infalliable, that it is never prone to failure and that any form of government intervention is a sin. These economic alchemists probably see no need for governments to do anything about environmental degredation as their free market will solve all problems. Their degree of faith in the mystery working of the market almost amount to witchcraft, something the bible frowns on. Other more enlightened US christians obviously do see a place for environmental issues in their faith. rob |
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