As a rationalist, I have never had much patience with religion or the role it plays in human existence. And when it comes to the environment, I’ve been guilty of dismissing religion as a negative force that encourages overpopulation through limiting women’s access to contraception and abortion, promotes pointless sectarianism, focuses on the hereafter instead of the here-and-now, and requires that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘saving the world’
5 Nov
Fixing Our Material-Driven Economy
(Just file this post under the category ‘We’re doomed.’ Seriously. I just created it and moved all posts that included either the phrase ‘We’re screwed’ or ‘We’re doomed’ into it.) Last week, my local radio station’s morning show was about superpowers. If you could choose one, what would it be? I started fantasizing about being able to [...]
3 Jun
Environmentalism Goes Cynical
A lot of this blog is devoted to the idea of fostering consciousness to combat climate change, and it rests on a few stipulations, namely: 1. However unwise humans are as a species, we as individuals are capable of making intelligent and conscientious decisions; 2. We act destructively at least partially because we don’t see or [...]
