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Re: The Gaia Hypothesis, evolutionary morality and the next step [Re: Moonshoe]
    #6180261 - 10/17/06 08:10 PM (17 years, 3 months ago)

I think Gaia is pretty self-evident if you really think about it. Every ecosystem has its own digestive system, immune system, etc. And an ecosystem in one part of the world affects ecosystems in other parts. For example, the Amazon rainforest takes in a lot of carbon dioxide and prevents the world from warming too much(though we're doing a lot now to undermine that). It kind of makes you think about how we are a multitude of organisms as well. It's interesting how the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts.

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I repeat: evolution is a purposefull process.



Hard to prove, but I agree. This is one problem I have with neo-Darwinists like Richard Dawkins. They've been adamant in repeating that evolution is "purposeless," to the point that High School text books say that. Such a claim is not falsifiable, and as such should not be taught as science.


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Re: The Gaia Hypothesis, evolutionary morality and the next step [Re: Veritas]
    #6183780 - 10/18/06 07:17 PM (17 years, 3 months ago)

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Veritas said:
Does the ape help another ape because he believes it is right, or because (generations earlier) un-cooperative, non-empathic ape's genetic lines were less likely to be continued? (You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours, we'll all still be alive to procreate.)



I'd say that which is morally right is that which aids our collective evolution(the evolution of Gaia, to be specific). In this sense, I think that evolution is a spiritual process.


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Re: The Gaia Hypothesis, evolutionary morality and the next step [Re: niteowl]
    #6188542 - 10/19/06 10:52 PM (17 years, 3 months ago)

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niteowl said:
Every time you feel Gods presence......it is really just the Gaia spirit talking to you.



I must disagree. Gaia emanates from God, not the other way around. The divine, in its fullness, encompasses far more than the earth spirit. I have personally felt the presence of this Earth spirit many times, but have also felt a greater divine presence which transcends the earthly domain.


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