Religion can be defined as a
reverence for and devotion to something greater than the self; it is a
system of belief that supersedes all else; and it is a belief in the
sacred. Modern environmentalism, influenced by the ideas of Deep Ecology
and other New Age or Pagan belief systems, has become for many a
religion.
At its simplest form, the environmental
religion proposes that the earth is one organism with one energy; a
super bio-organism. We (humans, plants, water, animals, etc.) are all
connected and are all one. Man happens to have reached the highest level
of consciousness and as such has the greatest responsibility to tend to
the Earth. This oneness arguably extends beyond the Earth to the
universe.
In this belief system, environmental
activists naturally become so zealously involved that they revere
environmental concerns above all else. And while they might not believe
in a supernatural being, their devotion is no different than the Muslim
pilgrim, born-again Christian, or Buddhist monk.
A quick look around society will tell
one that the environmentalists are fast at work evangelizing the world
with their beliefs. The message is in schools, on TV, in ads, and
heavily influencing many levels of government in America and around the
world.
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