dohboi wrote:
But it is exactly places like this--Texas and OK--that show that even extreme, long-lasting drought and heat don't by themselves make people more likely to see the truth. Mostly, they just turn ever more strongly to prayer and Jesus. What was it the guy said: "I believe in God, and he isn't a scientist."
Science is not the end all rational solution to addressing the cultural transition necesarry to move toward another paradigm in how we relate to our planet. Science has acted with much hubris, arrogance and disregard toward our biosphere. Assuming that just more science and logical reason is the solution is actually a further example of this very hubris.
It goes without saying that the religious will also need to break out of their literal interpretations and incorporate the truth that is no where to be found in any of the 2000 year old religious texts of the 3 monotheist religions that dominate today. That 11th commandment that thou shalt not breed beyond the carrying capacity of your planet. Buddhism and hinduism and Confucian philosophy fails equally in this regard.
The wise elders, authors of these texts, guided by the hand of god, lived 2000 years ago when we were only in the millions and disease and famine kept us well within carrying capacity.
In these new biblical times unfolding before our very eyes this 11th commandment will be carved deep into the marrow of an emerging new spirituality. Existing religions will either incorporate this into their theologies or they to will perish.
Do we fully understand how deeply transformative an age we live in?
Patiently awaiting the pathogens. Our resiliency resembles an invasive weed. We are the Kudzu Ape
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