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- From: Nick_Janow@mindlink.bc.ca (Nick Janow)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Re: The Human Niche
- Message-ID: <14991@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 06:41:30 GMT
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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- tpalm@nada.kth.se (Thomas Palm) writes:
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- > In order to create a balance between short term profit and long time risks a
- > ecological "religion" placing an inherent value on nature may actually be of
- > great survival value. A rational cost-benefit analysis including the cost of
- > unknown risks would of course be better, but our society seems to be
- > incapable of that at this point.
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- Our society is incapable of running decent religions either. Catholic priests
- have been abusing their power by sexually abusing children; Christians have
- money-grubbers (otherwise known as "TV evangelists"); other religions probably
- have similar flaws. A "Church of Gaia" might flex its muscles to gain more
- power; read about holy wars and the Inquisition.
-
- I'd rather trust an engineer than a priest.
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