by clueless » Tue 03 Oct 2006, 14:51:59
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')ou just reconfirmed my stereotype damnit. Help me out here dude? What happened to the man Clueless, he just slipped back in the house or mirrors......because the bible told him too.
I will never understand. Pray for me Clueless.
Ibon - with all due respect you are extremely ignorant ( I mean that in not in a demeaning way) of what the Bible teaches about how we are to live in this physical world. The Jews lived sustainably - Even Guns, Germs and Steel (TV version), says that.
Don't want to believe in the Jesus Christ and the Spiritual Aspects of the Bible, then don't...The Jews didn't either, but they still lived sustainably. I do not have time to do an in-depth study of this but it is there - They did it for 4500 years of recorded history, but they also experienced numerous famines and die-offs...Which is something we don't experience today. Why will oil depletion bring about massive societal chaos and dislocations ? Because plainly and simply we are not living the way previous generations (Referring to not only native Americans and Africans but also the the way the Jews) lived.
The earth is not designed for accumulation in an agrarian way of life, which is how God created it (My belief)...But accumulation can be accomplished through petroleum and slave labor driven societies (our way of life), that do not rely on calories expended vs calories digested formula.
This also is very thematic in the Bible - Want to accumulate riches and be wealthy and comfortable ? GO ahead, but it will catch up with you eventually because it is unsustainable, plain and simple. And it will collapse (or to use my term be judged). You should read Heinbergs piece called "threats of Peak Oil abd modern agriculture" if you have not allready. He explains in great detail the delicate balance that exists in this aspect, and how just a mild dislocation in our way of life will bring about catostrophic changes, our eco-system is so finely tuned any interference could be life threatening.