The need for RELIGION, i.e. a multitude of religious societies (L. religare) with SUSTAINABILITY at their core

In response to a Guardian article, "The faithful have departed", by Sue Blackmore on the disproportionate representation in politics and the media of religious and faith organisations

Link to article and thread at The Guardian.

If we are to achieve sustainability (for 7-9 billion people on our finite and vulnerable planet) before a ruthless mother nature does it for us, we will need both RELIGION and FAITH.

RELIGION, not in the conventional sense of belief in some "holy" inadequate scripture, but in the sense of groups of people being bound together (L. religare = to bind together) by a shared sense of identity and a determination to preserve the planet in as good a condition as possible for our children and future generations by committing themselves to shared guidelines and limits for sustainable behaviour, not just, but particularly in respect to how they make, spend and invest their money.

However, we don't need just one or a few religions, but a multitude (1000's) of "religious societies", all with SUSTAINABILITY at their core, but otherwise as diverse as 7-9 billion people care to make them (I'm working on my OWN religious society, an outline of which might just be discernable on my homepage, although I've still got a lot of work to do on it, before I can invite anyone to join me - assuming, optimistically, that anyone will want to).

We need FAITH that we can achieve the seemingly impossible by transcending our own animal nature and replacing the existing socio-economic order, which is rooted in and dependent on it, with an ALTERNATIVE, rooted in our more enlightened, human nature.

My homepage: http://www.spaceship-earth.org

To: Comment at the Guardian Re: The need a multitude of religious societies with SUSTAINABILITY at their core Date: Wednesday 29 November 06

In response to a Guardian article, "The faithful have departed", by Sue Blackmore on the disproportionate representation in politics and the media of religious and faith organisations Link to article and thread at The Guardian. If we are to achieve sustainability (for 7-9 billion people on our finite and vulnerable planet) before a ruthless mother nature does it for us, we will need both RELIGION and FAITH. RELIGION, not in the conventional sense of belief in some "holy" inadequate scripture, but in the sense of groups of people being bound together (L. religare = to bind together) by a shared sense of identity and a determination to preserve the planet in as good a condition as possible for our children and future generations by committing themselves to shared guidelines and limits for sustainable behaviour, not just, but particularly in respect to how they make, spend and invest their money. However, we don't need just one or a few religions, but a multitude (1000's) of "religious societies", all with SUSTAINABILITY at their core, but otherwise as diverse as 7-9 billion people care to make them (I'm working on my OWN religious society, an outline of which might just be discernable on my homepage, although I've still got a lot of work to do on it, before I can invite anyone to join me - assuming, optimistically, that anyone will want to). We need FAITH that we can achieve the seemingly impossible by transcending our own animal nature and replacing the existing socio-economic order, which is rooted in and dependent on it, with an ALTERNATIVE, rooted in our more enlightened, human nature. My homepage: http://www.spaceship-earth.org