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pettyfog · Aug 4, 2006

I think that you cannot eliminate religion from the psyche of mankind. If you suppress it in one form, it merely re-emerges in another form. You can not believe in God, but you still have to believe in something that gives meaning to your life, and shapes your sense of the world. Such a belief is religious.

Today, one of the most powerful religions in the Western World is environmentalism. Environmentalism seems to be the religion of choice for urban atheists. Why do I say it's a religion? Well, just look at the beliefs. If you look carefully, you see that environmentalism is in fact a perfect 21st century remapping of traditional Judeo-Christian beliefs and myths.

There's an initial Eden, a paradise, a state of grace and unity with nature, there's a fall from grace into a state of pollution as a result of eating from the tree of knowledge, and as a result of our actions there is a judgment day coming for us all. We are all energy sinners, doomed to die, unless we seek salvation, which is now called sustainability. Sustainability is salvation in the church of the environment. Just as organic food is its communion, that pesticide-free wafer that the right people with the right beliefs, imbibe.
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Michael Crichton: "Environmentalism as Religion"

Read it all.. and PLEASE open your minds!

FFCinPCB · Aug 4, 2006

Hmmmmmm, similar to Paganism?

Smokin' · Aug 4, 2006

I'm a big supporter of enviromentalist thinking, but have been somewhat turned off by how it has become a religion. I'd like to be involved, but not in a cult like manner. Its sad that something this important has lost credibility because of how crazy the leader of a cause may be.

Funny you mention paganism, as only 3 religions in this world (that i can think of), are monotheistic and almost all other have to do with many gods that represent certain aspects of our life and demand attention and respect in forms of sacrifice.

Ok, I dont want to sacrifice a lamb to ensure i have a great harvest this year... I would however respect the TREE gods and not chop down 300 year old trees.

But my question here is, obviously this guy is writing with ferver, but is this the way it is viewed or depicted?

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