Samhain
05-31-2006, 02:59 AM
I've always had a strong affinity with nature, and it grieves me to see how we sorely abuse her precious resources. So, just my thoughts, but when I see the natural disasters occurring, I wonder could the Earth be getting her on back on us. When these things happen the tendency is to blame God, and then pray to Him for help, but what if the Earth was a thinking 'being'? Well, you probably I'm crazy, but it's just my musings.
I don't think you're crazy. I think this is a nice theory. I feel this has to do with cause and effect. Each person has a strong problem with responsibility. What if mother earth was just showing us all the effects we've caused?
This has been started to be discussed in the athiesm thread, I think its worthy of its own thread.
Gaia is the greek goddess of the earth, although in this case, the world is not seen as a goddess, but rather a concious living life form its its own right see below where I have marked it in bold where it is explaining this
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaia philosophy (named after Gaia, the Greek goddess of the Earth) is a broadly inclusive term for related concepts that living organisms on a planet will affect the nature of their environment ? to make it more suitable for life. This set of theories holds that all organisms on a planet regulate the biosphere to the benefit of the whole. The Gaia concept draws a connection between the survivability of a species, (hence its evolutionary course) and their usefulness to the survival of other species.
While there were a number of precursors to Gaia theory, the first scientific form of this idea was proposed as the Gaia Hypothesis by James Lovelock, a UK chemist, in 1970. The Gaia hypothesis deals with the concept of homeostasis, and claim the resident life forms of a host planet coupled with their environment have acted and act as a single, self-regulating system. The system includes the near-surface rocks, the soil, and the atmosphere. While controversial at first, various forms of this idea became accepted to some degree by many within the scientific community.
I don't think you're crazy. I think this is a nice theory. I feel this has to do with cause and effect. Each person has a strong problem with responsibility. What if mother earth was just showing us all the effects we've caused?
This has been started to be discussed in the athiesm thread, I think its worthy of its own thread.
Gaia is the greek goddess of the earth, although in this case, the world is not seen as a goddess, but rather a concious living life form its its own right see below where I have marked it in bold where it is explaining this
S
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaia philosophy (named after Gaia, the Greek goddess of the Earth) is a broadly inclusive term for related concepts that living organisms on a planet will affect the nature of their environment ? to make it more suitable for life. This set of theories holds that all organisms on a planet regulate the biosphere to the benefit of the whole. The Gaia concept draws a connection between the survivability of a species, (hence its evolutionary course) and their usefulness to the survival of other species.
While there were a number of precursors to Gaia theory, the first scientific form of this idea was proposed as the Gaia Hypothesis by James Lovelock, a UK chemist, in 1970. The Gaia hypothesis deals with the concept of homeostasis, and claim the resident life forms of a host planet coupled with their environment have acted and act as a single, self-regulating system. The system includes the near-surface rocks, the soil, and the atmosphere. While controversial at first, various forms of this idea became accepted to some degree by many within the scientific community.