Dear All,
I was invited by the Archbishop of Canterbury to an interfaith dialogue to talk a little about the environment and how fath based communities needf to work together on this issue.
Now, with the bicentennial celebration of darwin's theory of evolution next year, i am helping a small group of people organise something, this time between faith based communities and evolutionist... and so i wrote something for the event, sounds like this (may not be that good, but i just wrote what came to mind)
The universe is great in all its splendor and majesty,
Made up of many galaxies, some say thousands, others say millions,
All of them moving, to or away from each other,
And in this vast expanse of what we call the Universe,
There is a tiny spec of dirt we call Earth,
The only known blue planet,
Blue due to a thin layer of water,
Water a miracle in nature.
But there is a much superior miracle on this spec of dirt,
Some of us know, others do not realize,
Life,
Life of all shapes and sizes,
Some are big and heavy, others - small and light,
Some are complex and intricate, others - simple and plain,
Some are bare and colourless, others - vivid in their colors,
Where do they come from?
Evolution or Creation,
Either way, they are the Miracles of Miracles,
Miracles who walk, swim, fly, breath – they live,
And it is up to us to keep them that way.
I agree with Mandy, let move on - but agree on one thing, we are all Scr***d if we continue to live this way!
peace
yunus
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:17:40 +0100
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Subject: Re: Way too much bandwidth
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Dear all
May I make a crazy suggestion that people email some things privately? If a potentially offensive email goes to the whole list, then it could be seen as an attack. Despite several calls for restraint and reason, there are some who seem incapable of considering how hard Aubrey has worked. Tom Barker's put this much better than I - thanks Tom!
Just for the record, I love the idea of C&C & mention it in my talks (on peak oil) but as I have said to Aubrey himself, he has more faith in humanity than I do - and some of the exchanges on this list are just backing my feelings up. It's not just this list - I've seen this in Scottish Greens and other environmentalists. Facing up to the 'truth' of the situation we are in is not easy for anyone with their eyes open. Yunnis also put this better than me!
But I had to respond as this is getting so childish. We're all scared and frustrated but taking it out on each other is never going to help. The future, if we have one, is cooperation, compassion and understanding - all things I find really difficult a lot of the time but I don't stop trying!
Hope dies last!
Mandy Meikle
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