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To: Grainne who wrote (17390)	2/2/1998 11:37:00 AM
From: Father Terrence	Respond to of 108807

Christine: "Man IS a product of nature and has been formed by nature. The mind is/was NATURE'S plan!" >I don't think it is quite that simple, Terrence. 1. Actually, it is. >The American Indians would never have figured out how to clone human beings, or invent nuclear weapons, and their worship of the natural universe as sacred would have ensured that they would have taken excellent care of it. 2. How can you know this? If left alone what would they have accomplished in their own time over the next 1,000 or 10,000 years? And what if an aggressive alien race arrived and met only "nature cultures"? Mankind would be reduced to a planet of slaves. Nature did not protect the dinosaurs, nor would it protect us from asteroids, etc. >Unfortunately, nature cultures are not dominant, and I suspect that conquering cultures may not be the best for our future, at all. It would only take a few genetic experiments gone wrong--and here I believe we are tinkering without complete knowledge of the wisdom of mother nature--to wipe out the earth's food supply. >Similarly, human cloning may or may not be a good idea. Where you see spaceships carrying us off to colonize other planets (gee, haven't we, um, done enough damage here?) 3. Can the INFINITE be polluted? >I see a Pandora's box. And one of the theories I find fascinating is that the further we get away from our feet touching natural earth, and the more crowded we get, the more savage we become as a people. You would not have to look beyond an inner city out of control to see the increase in brutal, senseless violence. 4. Too many people living in confined space (cities). Another good reason for solar and deep space colonization. BTW, "inner cities out of control" is caused by philosophical bankruptcy - not skyscrapers!! >So I guess I remain a Luddite. Did you know that the Theodore Kazinsky has a cult following, and that he plans to spend the rest of his life in prison WRITING?? 5. So then his punishment should be blindness and having both hands severed at the wrists. Father Terrence