07-30-2021, 08:19 PM
To go back to C.'s original post, the question is, would Earth be better off without us. I think the answer is Yes. I guess that requires defining the phrase "better off". Earth would be more itself, more "natural". It also envisions the Earth as an entity of a kind we can't or won't recognize.
When I look at nature, untouched by man, I don't see a happy paradise. If it was created by God, I would ask God, why create a world where creatures must devour each other to survive? That includes "us". It seems like a cruel Creation to me.
Thought about this topic itself is a luxury for most people. I no longer have to "work for a living" (I'm retired), but I do have to work at living, so I spend a lot of time luxuriating in thought. Then in a way, it's not a luxury, because I can't help but "think". C.'s post gave me something important to think about. And it is important, that we think about what we are doing to the planet we inhabit.
When I look at nature, untouched by man, I don't see a happy paradise. If it was created by God, I would ask God, why create a world where creatures must devour each other to survive? That includes "us". It seems like a cruel Creation to me.
Thought about this topic itself is a luxury for most people. I no longer have to "work for a living" (I'm retired), but I do have to work at living, so I spend a lot of time luxuriating in thought. Then in a way, it's not a luxury, because I can't help but "think". C.'s post gave me something important to think about. And it is important, that we think about what we are doing to the planet we inhabit.