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Thread #138411   Message #3174778
Posted By: GUEST,Jon
22-Jun-11 - 04:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Science under attack.
Subject: RE: BS: Science under attack.
and that is the fact that these religions assume that 'Man' (i.e. human beings) represents the 'pinnacle' of creation

Angels are considered superior creations to us.

and were put on Earth to have 'Dominion' over everything. It is this assumption which, I believe, has led us to behave like a plague and to devastate all of the other life that we share this planet with.

I think there are enough good old human qualities such as greed, blind faith in our own ingenuity, etc. to consider first.

Ultimately, the wanton destruction of Nature will lead to the extinction of our own species and hence the Abrahamic religions may actually represent a threat to our survival.

Our application of science/technology seems to me to have taken us closer to potential destruction of the planet than anything else I can think of. I'd suggest one of our other great enemies is the great god "Consumerism".