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The topic today was "Global Warming as a Religious Crisis." The last article was Global warming is the new religion of First World urban elites. The class quickly proceeded to prove Mr. Pilmer correct, without even realizing it.
I pissed off just about everyone by saying that nature was going to do what it would do, no matter what we did--and that our meddling could very well make things worse. We're so focused on keeping the environment from changing, and yet change is what nature does. We want to keep everything the same--keep tigers and polar bears from going extinct, so that they'll be around for our children to enjoy. How selfish are we? Tigers and polar bears are going to go extinct, whether now or a thousand years from now. We as human beings have a horrible time accepting change, death, loss (that's why it's a religious matter!)--and now we're not only changing the environment to be human habitat, we're changing the environment to suit our selfish beliefs.
Yeah. Didn't go over so well. But I consider that a success.
I pissed off just about everyone by saying that nature was going to do what it would do, no matter what we did--and that our meddling could very well make things worse. We're so focused on keeping the environment from changing, and yet change is what nature does. We want to keep everything the same--keep tigers and polar bears from going extinct, so that they'll be around for our children to enjoy. How selfish are we? Tigers and polar bears are going to go extinct, whether now or a thousand years from now. We as human beings have a horrible time accepting change, death, loss (that's why it's a religious matter!)--and now we're not only changing the environment to be human habitat, we're changing the environment to suit our selfish beliefs.
Yeah. Didn't go over so well. But I consider that a success.