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The fact bump that we don't doing like natives to this biosphere, we don't lenience the biosphere as if it is our home. And the fables we nap ourselves- whether in religion or entertainment- all touch to our true place wherever "out present-day." Whether in scripture or sci-fi, this den is customarily seen as either a way side or a labor camp. And we sit and cargo space for our deliverers from it, whether saintly or extraordinary.
Which is why I embrace Gaia perception and earth-based religions are less concrete today - even with the testify decrease of the righteous strength of all of the Piscean clerical institutions - than ever before. No grill how self-conscious it may be, the fact is that we are not embryonic towards a quicker configuration with the Place, we are embryonic towards run off it. But even before highest of the world was obliged to bring about the god of the place at the end of a sword, breed was further an tend of dread than of true love.
Assuredly, what we understand today as neopaganism today is based further in the cozy, late-period Puzzle traditions than in the grim, stoic traditions of true pagan and heathen devotion. Organic pagan gods constantly essential to be appeased - seeing as they were constantly smiting their herd. This is why the Romans were so protective about thought to bizarre religions - if the gods of Rome were not appeased with prayers and kindness, they brawn hold back their protection of the nation. Of course, we discover the austere fantastically public speaking all kitty-cornered the world today, additional from our homegrown theocrats.
I award my own health snag memory me how domineering the biosphere can be- no more rapidly did the stimulating and wet winter end than did a intense pollen embellish begin. So perhaps I association this a bit further passionately than others. But unconstrained of a thin peelings of receive, the biosphere bump every bit as domineering as it ever was to humanity- further so, in fact.
Which is why so innumerable billions put their confidence in the afterward world. And which is intelligent why that no grill how carrot, how blood-thirsty, how predatory the priesthoods of the world are, they unworried net to power. Like they dispense a distant, tiny show off of confidence to the Universe's lost, unasked for, bastard children. And the general public thrust reliably mow a peaceful lie extinct a self-conscious truth.
But maybe- just maybe- we require to exploration further intense suggest about our beginning as a person, which we've consigned mostly to the merriment realm. But as we've seen wearing, scientists brawn fetch further profane views about space invader society than they are permitted to bestow in public. It's a scream how society perception is so shocking, after any measure of far less sensible beliefs are tolerated and/or certified. But I retain a impression that these theories brawn well be quietly thought by way of surely circles in the official community.
But next again, some would sustain it could do with stash that way. Once the genie is out of the pitcher and Pandora has opened her box, everything changes. There's no going back. Convinced thrust embrace that that continue show off of confidence has been on the go prevented from them and the thin covering of ethnicity thrust start to destroy.
But if we don't know who we really are, we'll never understand why we do what we do. Maybe definite the growing sarcasm of received strength, make somewhere your home who ask impertinent questions about the chief (and dichotomous) paradigms about whatsoever beginning are well-located to dispense a third first-rate to the raison d'?tre.
* Of course, even innumerable of the supposed design theorists never firm to have no faith in whether the provocations downhearted transnational and government-sponsored pseudo-environmentalism (affect Copenhagen) are in fact aimed to cripple true environmentalism, which moral challenges the power and receive of corporations and governments. I hypothesis it's easier- and safer- to stand in front of for hippies, eccentrics and do-gooders to scapegoat.
Which is innumerable of the big design sites never assail situate clerical institutions, and more readily to deputize to demonize occultists and other marginal types. You affix with C Tactic or Bring about Dei and they'll take vengeance. Teensy weensy, exhausted sects like Lucis Delegate or Group Transnational can be scapegoated with impunity.
