To quote previous contributor Tim COOPER of 'Christian Ecology
Link'?........
"No, no, no!" .........
As an introduction to his contribution re Mythology and
Nature this seems to me to smack just a little bit of dogma
...........its a bit of a turn off isnt it?
Its nice that Judeo-Christianity has over the last twenty years moved in
some quarters to consider nature beyond its 'man-centred' origin (man
as in Human, and patriarchal).
To have woken up if you like to 'Ecology'..............................
Of course as a universal faith movement it had to address
the issue post 'third-wave environmentalism'. (Ecology, in respect of the
theme of 'balance of nature' is I guess easier for some to accept than
Darwinism?)
Isnt it incredible that some children on our earth are still not granted
access to the theory of evolution in schools? )
Christianity is but one faith to belong to, but as we know, it is not
'IT'....... It is one of many, and it has no exclusive connection to the
wonder of nature.
We struggle to find a 'natural religion', and quite
understandably reach out to express our feelings of SOUL in a variety of
ways. The one thing that connects us all is quite clearly our place within
the nature of our planet. In that respect Joseph Campbell is surely correct
"the only mythology that is valid today is the mythology of the planet".
That is fine and it can surely mean everything and anything to everybody,
no dogma necessary.
Who said "Everyday people are straying away from chuch and going back to
God"?
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> From: Tim COOPER(LFM) <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Environment & Myth
> Date: 22 May 2000 11:25
>
> No, no, no!
>
> The Bible is full of affirmations about the goodness of creation: from
the
> outset it was 'very good' in the eyes of God. The Garden of Eden is about
human
> fallibility, about humans being cut off from God, not from nature.
>
> Nor is nature ultimately condemned. Read Colossians 1! All things are to
be
> reconciled.....and the Hebrew means just that - 'all things'.
>
> Not all Christians agree with this interpretation, of course - see H Paul
> Santmire's excellent The Travail of Nature.
>
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