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Ustwo · 09-12-2007, 07:04 AM

Some of the life would possibly not survive at the thermal vents, but the bacteria would, and those are the ones that matter.

Really the only way life will be wiped out on the earth is if it were utterly destroyed. Bacteria have been found miles below the surface (and I'm not talking ocean but hard rock surface), some life can hibernate for centuries.

We already had a true mass extinction in the Permian where 90-95% of all species went extinct. Mother earth must have had a real bout of PMS then. Several other times more than 75% of the species went extinct in a short period of time.

We are all mostly interconnected in that we all eat each other. Of course I agree we shouldn't try to kill each other off, its never wise to out hunt your food supply.

What I'm not sure is how I should embrace people who put some sort of conscious spirit, some higher intelligence, in natural phenomena. I don't think of the earth as a living thing, its a ball of minerals. It supports living things who have no real foresight, but are just balls of self replicating chemicals whose primary trait is seeing to it that there are more of them. Really if the earth is in fact a living thing we would be best described as parasites.

Neo-paganism to me (besides as a way of annoying parents) seems to be more of a way of loving nature while being completely ignorant of it. Its assigning motives to that which has no real motive. We all want to be part of something big and special, not just the naked apes we are.

09-12-2007, 07:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	Some of the life would possibly not survive at the thermal vents, but the bacteria would, and those are the ones that matter. Really the only way life will be wiped out on the earth is if it were utterly destroyed. Bacteria have been found miles below the surface (and I'm not talking ocean but hard rock surface), some life can hibernate for centuries. We already had a true mass extinction in the Permian where 90-95% of all species went extinct. Mother earth must have had a real bout of PMS then. Several other times more than 75% of the species went extinct in a short period of time. We are all mostly interconnected in that we all eat each other. Of course I agree we shouldn't try to kill each other off, its never wise to out hunt your food supply. What I'm not sure is how I should embrace people who put some sort of conscious spirit, some higher intelligence, in natural phenomena. I don't think of the earth as a living thing, its a ball of minerals. It supports living things who have no real foresight, but are just balls of self replicating chemicals whose primary trait is seeing to it that there are more of them. Really if the earth is in fact a living thing we would be best described as parasites. Neo-paganism to me (besides as a way of annoying parents) seems to be more of a way of loving nature while being completely ignorant of it. Its assigning motives to that which has no real motive. We all want to be part of something big and special, not just the naked apes we are. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.