“Western society is in a dramatic shift away from monotheism, notes Dr. Taylor, professor of religion at the University of Florida. And in many cases, he says,
former believers are turning to Mother Earth to fill the spiritual void. He cites findings that large numbers of people in Europe and the United States express "deep trust in nature as inherently spiritual or sacred." “
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/...rticle1443672/
“a new religion of Eco-fundamentalism”
p 104
http://www.amazon.com/Appeal-Reason-.../dp/B008SLKRA6
#“Environmentalism, as a substitute for religion, has come to the rescue.# “
http://chronicle.com/article/Green-Guilt/63447/
“I suspect that it is no accident that in Europe Eco fundamentalism in general and global warming absolutiam in particular, has found it's most fertile soil. For it is in europe that has become the most secular society in the world, were the traditional religions have the weakest hold.
Yet people, still feel the need for comfort and higher values that religion can provide, and it is the quasi-religon of green alarmism and what has been well described as global salvationism....which has filled the vacuum with the reasoned questioning of its mantras regarded as little short of sacrilegious”
p102
http://www.amazon.com/Appeal-Reason-.../dp/B008SLKRA6
“The PC [political correctness] at the ipcs as it were, is the most oppressive and intolerant form of political correctness in the western world”
p 105
http://www.amazon.com/Appeal-Reason-.../dp/B008SLKRA6
In this innovative and deeply felt work, Bron Taylor examines the
evolution of "green religions" in North America and beyond:
spiritual practices that hold nature as sacred and have in many cases replaced traditional religions.
Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future
http://www.brontaylor.com/environmen..._religion.html
Unlike faiths that promise heaven in the afterlife,
eco-spirituality calls upon adherents to treat the biosphere as paradise on earth, he explains. Figures such as Al Gore have called environmental destruction a
"spiritual crisis."
The movement has latter-day prophets, including naturalist Henry David Thoreau and Sierra Club founder John Muir, and its own sacred texts, notably Charles Darwin's#On the Origin of Species, in which the theory of evolution suggests a kinship between humans and all living things.
It has modern-day crusaders, such as Jane Goodall and David Suzuki, who wage campaigns to protect nature's "sacred balance."
Although there is no central organizing body,
devotees celebrate their own holidays - equinoxes, solstices and Earth Day - and make mass pilgrimages to sites such as the Carmanah Valley on Vancouver Island and Walden Pond in Massachusetts.#
For others, the practice of
eco-spirituality is ritualized in "mindful" walks in nature each day, or
giving praise to the Earth as they consume their vegan meals.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/...article1443672
Instead of religious sins plaguing our conscience, we now have the transgressions of leaving the water running, leaving the lights on, failing to recycle, and using plastic grocery bags instead of paper. In addition, the righteous pleasures of being more orthodox than your neighbor (in this case being more green) can still be had—the new heresies include failure to compost, or refusal to go organic.
Vitriol that used to be reserved for Satan can now be discharged against evil corporate chief executives and drivers of gas-guzzling vehicles. Apocalyptic fear-mongering previously took the shape of repent or burn in hell, but now it is recycle or burn in the ozone hole. In fact, it is interesting the way environmentalism takes on the apocalyptic aspects of the traditional religious narrative. The idea that the end is nigh is quite central to traditional Christianity—it is a jolting wake-up call to get on the righteous path. And we find many environmentalists in a similarly earnest panic about
climate change and global warming. There are also
high priests of the new religion, with Al Gore ("the Goracle") playing an especially prophetic role.
We even find parallels in environmentalism of the most extreme, self-flagellating forms of religious guilt. Nietzsche claims that religion has fostered guilt to such neurotic levels that some people feel culpable and apologetic about their very existence.
Compare this with extreme conservationists who want to sacrifice themselves for trees and whales. And
teachers, like myself, will attest to significant numbers of their students who feel that their cats or whatever are equal to human beings. And not only are members of the next generation egalitarian about all life,
but they often feel positively awful about the way that their species has corrupted and defiled the whole beautiful symphony of nature. The planet, they feel, would be better off without us. We are not worthy. In this extreme form, one does not seek to reduce one's carbon footprint so much as eliminate one's very being.
The same demographic group for whom religion has little or no hold
(namely white liberals) turns out to be the most virulent champions of all things green. Is it possible that these folks must vent their
moral spleen on environmentalism because they don't have all the theological campaigns (e.g., opposing gay marriage, opposing abortion, etc.) on which social conservatives exercisetheir#indignation?
Recently while I was brushing my teeth, my
6-year-old son scolded me for running the water too long. He severely reprimanded me, and at the end of his censure asked me, with real outrage,
"Don't you love the earth?" And lately he has taken up the energy cause, scampering virtuously around the house turning off lights, even while I'm using them.
He seems as stressed and anxious about the sins of environmentalism as I was about masturbation in the days of my Roman Catholic childhood.
Environmentalism should be regarded on the
same level with religion "as the only compelling, value-based narrative available to humanity," according to a paper written two years ago to influence the future strategy of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), the world's would-be environmental watchdog.
Read more:#
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/11...#ixzz2JwZucyHx
In the documentary called “cool it”,shows it has become the “moral” issue of the day.
http://coolit-themovie.com/
With the decline of Christianity in the face of the evolutionary onslaught,
environmentalism seems like a substitute religion, with an established dogma; ‘plastic is bad, recycling is virtuous, forests are sacred sites, developers are satanical’.3
Hugh Mackay,#The Adelaide Advertiser, 2 May 1990
#And much
environmentalism is fanned by evolutionary pantheism. ‘Mother Earth’ is the creative goddess, who must be protected and pacified.
Many modern
environmentalists hold to a highly romanticized,
virtually pantheistic view of nature. Images and stories of simple, yet idyllic, tribal life reinforce the erroneous “noble savage” stereotype—mankind living in glorious harmony with nature without pollution or overcrowding. These environmentalists, therefore, oppose any development that involves any alteration to nature. Such alteration is inherently bad, amounting to a moral violation
Destruction of Religious Beliefs
In order to bring about their desired complete reordering of society, the elite have engaged in a systematic effort over many decades to destroy the current religious and moral structures that have dominated for centuries. This requirement does demonstrate that there are real morals and values worth holding onto taught by the major religions even if their stories are largely fabricated. By promoting a do as you please culture via movies, television and other means the elite are creating a cultural climate of moral relativism. In such a climate there are no boundaries and the public can be led to accept any standard no matter how degrading.
New Religion Based on Earth Worship
Today, the elite are seeking to destroy the old religious belief systems and replace them with a "new age" religion based on a form of earth worship. Doing so will accomplish multiple objectives - to get people to accept lower standards of living; to accept voluntary sterilization to save mother earth thus helping to depopulate the planet; and to accept restrictions on rights and freedoms in the name of saving the environment.
Scientists/Experts are the New Priesthood
As we move into a more advanced form of scientific dictatorship based on earth worship, the new priests are the scientists and related experts. These experts will serve as the technocracy, or the middle man holders of knowledge, as they have throughout history.
in india local village is wiped out with many deaths loss of house, crops because of overflowing river, Americans went there to help and to try and divert the river around the village to prevent death/financial loss. But locals would not as they viewed river as god like and not to me touched/messed with.
Logos vs. Mysticism: Environmentalism's Flight from Reason Dr. Vishal Mangalwadi#
"because the idea of climate change is so plastic, it can be deployed across many of our human projects and can serve many of our psychological
,ethical, and spiritual needs"
Dr mike hulme director of Tyndall center u of east anglia uk.
celebrate the high holy day of this religion as they pay homage to the earth God. Of Earth Day, evolutionary anthropologist Margaret Meade once explained that:
EARTH DAY is the first holy day which transcends all national borders, yet preserves all geographical integrities, spans mountains and oceans and time belts, and yet brings people all over the world into one resonating accord, is devoted to the preservation of the harmony in nature and yet draws upon the triumphs of technology, the measurement of time, and instantaneous communication through space. EARTH DAY draws on astronomical phenomena in a new way — which is also the most ancient way — by using the vernal Equinox, the time when the Sun crosses the equator making the length of night and day equal in all parts of the earth. To this point in the annual calendar, EARTH DAY attaches no local or divisive set of symbols, no statement of the truth or superiority of one way of life over another.
their own ark of the coveneant
embraced by the UN:
Recognizing that the United Nations is central to global efforts to solve problems which challenge humanity, the Ark of Hope carrying the Earth Charter and the Temenos Books was exhibited at the United Nations during the World Summit PrepComII in January-February 2002.
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/48749
http://www.arkofhope.org/
The Ark of Hope is a cheesy and presumptuous copy of the original Israeli Ark of the Covenant which housed the Ten Commandments that Moses received from God and carried down from Mt Sinai. This is meant to disrespect the original and also wipe out biblical religion.
The Ark of Hope, a 49” x 32” wooden chest, was created as a place of refuge for the Earth Charter document, an international peoples treaty for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society in the 21st century. The Ark of Hope also provides refuge for the Temenos Books, Images and Words for Global Healing, Peace, and Gratitude. The Earth Charter’s 16 principles are the guiding vision behind the creation of these books. The Ark of Hope was created for a celebration of the Earth Charter held at Shelburne Farms, Vermont on September 9, 2001.
there own temple
C. GAIA & Temple of Understanding, NYC the
Gaia is the pagan idea that the earth is itself a living organism. The Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City is actually a shrine of many non-Christian religions.#One author states:
One of most influential NGOs (Non-governmental organizations) allied closely with the U.N. and intimately involved in their creation of agenda is the#Temple of Understanding (TOU), located in The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. This organization’s objectives are, according to its website, “developing an appreciation of religious and cultural diversity, educating for global citizenship and sustainability, expanding public discourse on faith and ecology, and creating just and peaceful communities”. Most importantly, although not explicitly stated by the TOU, the cathedral is the center of cosmology, or the worship of Gaia. The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is not only home to the TOU, but has also previously housed the#National Religious Partnership for the Environment, theLindesfarne Association#and the#Gaia Institute, which are all proponents of the gaia hypothesis.
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/48749
10 commandments in gergiaeorgia_Guidestones
Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.
Unite humanity with a living new language.
Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
Balance personal rights with social duties.
Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.
Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.
The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. The real enemy then is humanity itself.
http://archive.org/details/TheFirstGlobalRevolution
Modern endangered species is a modern day noahs ark. Doomsday scenarios [al gore] straight out of book of revelations.
threats/scare tactic’s of famine,plagues,floods etc come right out of the OT.
If we dont follow these certain rules, or if we sin against mother nature, she will punish us with famine floods etc.
modern day cap and trade is same as medevil catholic church indulgence.
Resting the green dragon/the dangers of radical environmentalism.
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