Comments on: Man vs. Earth (A Fight to the Finish?)

By: Anne Nature

Anne Nature — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:10:00 +0000

Brandon- Thanks for stopping by. I’ll take a longer look at that report you mention, but you are aware that even the Cato Institute has an agenda that they follow, and aren’t necessarily advocating changing attitudes or policices if they will cost businesses money, even if those changes are in the best interest of creatures other than American citizens.

By: Ken Grandlund

Ken Grandlund — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 04:31:00 +0000

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Powers- Your comment is absolutely ridiculous. We can never crush Mother Nature, we can only sit by as she does her thing in the world. In fact, the more we rebel against the natural world, the more it will determine the fate of our species. We are but pieces of the larger puzzle, albeit changing pieces.

By: The Powers That Be

The Powers That Be — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 03:39:00 +0000

We must crush Mother Nature before she has the chance to do the same to us.

By: Ken Grandlund

Ken Grandlund — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:48:00 +0000

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ottman- too bad you couldn’t make it through to the end. it must be hard to constantly have to not finish what you start just because someone is saying something you don’t agree with…

My own religosity is not the issue at hand. If religion were not a construct of man, wouldn’t there be only one or two religious theories instead of the thousands that have existed? Could one surmise that the theory of religion has been debunked and disproved as well? Or, on the other hand, couldn’t the vast difference of religious thought also show that your god is not the only god, or maybe even the “right” god? For you, obviously the answer is no. For others, the answer is yes.

Science can not explain all things…true. When that occurs, the scientists keep looking or admit their lack of knowledge. When religion can’t explain things, it is called “God’s Will.”

Finally, biblical prophesy can be interpreted to fit the historical happenings of many eras…why are the Christians of today so sure that the times they live in are the “end times?” Seems a bit self-important if you ask me. Perhaps that is why they are actively supporting the advance of the so called prophesies by making them happen according to their interpretation of god’s will.

By: OTTMANN

OTTMANN — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 22:40:00 +0000

Ken, this is where I stopped reading... "But religion and science are both constructs of mankind,"

Do you have any faith in God? While man can come up with all kinds of scientific reasons to deny God's existence, they still cannot explain how the universe was created.

Over the centuries, science has been based mostly on theories, most of which have later been debunked and disproved, while prophecies in the Bible written thousands of years ago have come to fulfillment since.

Science cannot explain it.

So I think you've put religion into the wrong catagory again, while trying to level the playing field between God and man.

By: Ken Grandlund

Ken Grandlund — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 04:43:00 +0000

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M+ - Good to hear from you again. If only more people of religious faith held your same conceptual creeds. Proper stewardship is a no brainer- either because we are protecting a gift from god or because we don't want to live in our own mess.

My newest post addresses your comments regarding energy resources, so feel free to comment on that one too.

As for profit, I don't say that there is anything wrong with that, PROVIDED that it is tempered with a sense of responsibility. There is something wrong with any mindset that commands profit above all else. Many of our business leaders have that mindset and should not be rewarded with public contracts. Investments for our future is different from unadulterated greed.

By: M+

M+ — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:14:00 +0000

I, too, have become wearied by the “us vs. them” mindset of this topic. I’m a conservative and I do believe in conservation. It’s only common sense to want to use our resources in a rational and reasonable manner. But as “theocratic bigot” (as pansi would have others to believe all Christians are), I am taught that God would like to see us exercise proper stewardship over the world He gave us.
But none of this means that we have to abandon current resources, or further exploration for those resources, until new technologies are developed to help ween us from our dependence upon fossil fuels.
And just out of curiosity; what’s wrong with making a profit? I happen to be a shareholder of Exxon-Mobile and the investment is making a better life for me and my kids. How does this translate into something ‘evil’ to the rest of the world?

By: Ken Grandlund

Ken Grandlund — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:11:00 +0000

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Pansy- The difference between human destruction and that of other animals (if you can call overpopulation destruction) is that humans have the intellectual capacity AND the ability to control our actions. Not many of our friends in the animal kingdom are so lucky. Sure, overpopulation may come and go due to resource availabilty, but nature has a way of regulating these types of problems. No other creature uses and abuses the earth as we do.
Thanks for the comment.

Pewari- I’m glad you stayed longer than jsut 30 seconds. I agree that the whole “us vs them” concept is the real cause of so many of our problems.
Come back anytime.

By: Pewari Naan

Pewari Naan — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:54:00 +0000

Well I’m here on my 30 seconds and just wanted to say what a well thought out and enjoyable post that was - I stayed well over my “minimum” stay

I certainly think that the world has to get over the concept of “us and them” whether environmentalist or big business and open the way to rational debate.

By: John

John — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 05:25:00 +0000

To pansy, I have plenty of examples at my blog.

http://www.stoptheaclu.blogspot.com