Pantheism is the worship of the earth. One of its tenants is that man is a curse on the earth and it is best for the planet if he is eliminated. Today, pantheism is seen in the belief of human-caused (I can't spell anthropromorphic) global warming.
That makes no sense. I'm not gonna off myself! How about a more balanced approach, like, let's conserve our resources and consider the knock-on effects so we can have them around for a good long while to support ourselves? Not so crazy, IMO. Don't need to run to the extremes on either side.
I am absolutely an empiricist too. So was John Locke, I believe. Let me give you an example of holding to what works: Capitalism combined with Christianity as produced a result that has produced more goods for more people, and more liberty, than and other combination of economic system and religion in history. The reason is that both systems are unique in viewing man as evil in the purely philosophical sense. Locke would say "stay with what works". Why then not you?
Things work until they stop working. I'm undecided as to whether they have stopped or are close to it or what, but systems are elegant and beautiful at the start and as they age become ridden with loopholes and patchjobs. Is it possible to rewind back to when they worked properly? In this case we'd be giving up the Internet and mobile phones, amongst other things. That's not happening.
That makes no sense. I'm not gonna off myself! How about a more balanced approach, like, let's conserve our resources and consider the knock-on effects so we can have them around for a good long while to support ourselves? Not so crazy, IMO. Don't need to run to the extremes on either side.
I am absolutely an empiricist too. So was John Locke, I believe. Let me give you an example of holding to what works: Capitalism combined with Christianity as produced a result that has produced more goods for more people, and more liberty, than and other combination of economic system and religion in history. The reason is that both systems are unique in viewing man as evil in the purely philosophical sense. Locke would say "stay with what works". Why then not you?
Things work until they stop working. I'm undecided as to whether they have stopped or are close to it or what, but systems are elegant and beautiful at the start and as they age become ridden with loopholes and patchjobs. Is it possible to rewind back to when they worked properly? In this case we'd be giving up the Internet and mobile phones, amongst other things. That's not happening.
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