As Sallie pointed out, people are not considering what is happening to the earth as an immediate problem. We have the idea GOD will take care of us in times of trouble. God will sweep in like a super hero and defeat and villain that threatens us. But can God save us from our selves? Feminism is about ending sexism and oppression but it seems impossible since oppression seems apart of our human nature. We take anything that will put us ahead in life and abuse it for our own benefit. We cant see that our actions are affecting the environment in a monumental way. I fell we need to stop believing that God will always take care of us. We need to show God that we love all of God's creations as he loves us.
While Nagarajan provides us with an example that just by using the metaphor of God as the earth, doesn't mean it will change how we act. We need to stop thinking that sacred remains sacred. Any that a change needs to happen. Its a process of trial and error as Sallie says, so lets start experimenting
Anne, I completely agree with what you have said. Even with all of the green initiatives as of late, humans still seem to consider global warming as a very serious and imminent threat. In fact, I feel like a lot of people still consider global warming to be a fairly recent problem, but we've actually been "fighting" it for a great bit of our lives. I like McFague's argument that God is vulnerable to human action. As history has shown, acts of intense evil have occurred without God stepping in to save the day (as you say Anne, like a superhero). Think about the Holocaust for example. Clearly humans must take responsibility for our actions instead of leaving it all in God's control.
ReplyDeleteAs such, Grey's message about establishing a connection between human beings and the earth struck me. Even though we are created in the image of God, we cannot forget our relatedness to other living things. Our elitist point of view needs to change because we are the only ones that can preserve the earth. Having said that, however, I can't help but be as cynical as Nagarajan when she says that even if people do become aware of their connection to nature and the earth it will not change how they treat it. I say this because humans are now aware of global warming, aware of the impact we have on the environment, and aware of our capability to literally destroy the earth, and yet, very few progressive steps have been taken to ensure the earth's survival.