My point has nothing to do with good and evil. Both are part of the natural order. Of course, our job is to fight evil and promote good. But man evolved (or was created) in and of this world. We are part of it for all of our shortcomings.
I only made the comment to contest the "green" notion that somehow human beings are an alien disruptive force in an other wise pristine natural order and should be extirpated.
Natural does not necessarily mean good. The most potent poison in snakes or plants are natural, but we would hardly call them good.
And thank you for asking politely.
“I only made the comment to contest the “green” notion that somehow human beings are an alien disruptive force in an other wise pristine natural order and should be extirpated.
Thanks for the polite discourse too. I do believe humans are certainly a disruptive force (amongst many types of forces they exhibit), but not an alien one. And I don’t espouse that the natural order is wise and pristine at all. In fact, I’ve been known to say that if God does exist, he’s a real bastard for creating such an inhumane world that thrives on one organism killing another (and the organisms doing the killing thriving as well). A devil couldn’t have done a better job of creating this world. (Okay, no lightning strikes so I’ll proceed). But not putting Man’s actions in a separate class above and beyond the rest of nature is like saying man is made of matter, therefore he is just like the rest of the universe. I believe we should differentiate ourselves and hold ourselves to the highest standards. That would be my emphasis, not cloaking us as just another part of of the natural order. We are certainly not. We are unique (at least until the machines take over).