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I can see that Mark is a brilliant man, but I suspect that in the end his plan still plays into the hands of the Earth worshippers. - The Lord gave us no limits on the use of Earth's resources, and to assume limits on our own steps over the line.

I don't suppose it would make any difference to you that the process of writing this book taught me of the significance of God's Tenth Commandment, but then, you never asked (until now :-). You are mistaken in assuming that I am trying to "limit" man's use of ecosystem assets. No, I am proposing to optimize them. I suggest that we fulfill our mandate to value, understand, and build upon ALL of God's creation in a responsible and accountable fashion by employing an honest means to account for the totality of interactions among individuals, and price them honestly. The political/legal morass humans have created to regulate that account isn't an honest system to do that. Through not a little prayer and frustration (that I could not solve the problem by myself), I can honestly say that the principles underlying the system I propose were revealed. The articulation of those truths and the design of that system were mine, thanks be to God and His gifts and support in getting it done. How it all ends up manifesting in the world is anybody's guess, but I trust that if we hold to those principles )what I regard as equivalent to natural and therefore God's Law), that His creation will fluorish and with it so will we. All we have to do is to trust in that Creation as the sufficient, no endless playground of discovery and production that He has provided. Best that we treat it and each other with respect enough to take honest measurements.

What dismays me here is your apparent lack of sufficient curiosity and trust in a fellow human being making an honest effort to ask a question or request clarification. Frankly, I would expect a person of your intelligence to be sufficiently intrigued to have done so two instead of passing judgement on partial information.

Does that address your considerations?

"What dismays me here is your apparent lack of sufficient curiosity and trust in a fellow human being making an honest effort to ask a question or request clarification."

Isn't that what I did back at #111? - and in reply you indicated that you had too much invested in the publishing to say any more. - You seem to be in defensive mode.

"Frankly, I would expect a person of your intelligence to be sufficiently intrigued to have done so two(sp?) instead of passing judgement on partial information."

Again, I feel that this goes back to #111, but I am not attempting to pass judgement anyway; I am trying to determine whether we are pulling in similar directions.

"Does that address your considerations?"

Let me put this in as few words as possible:
I do not believe that man has any power, or responsibility, over the survival, or lack thereof, of any living species, and I am compelled to resist with all resources available, any movement, plan, or agenda that has as it's basis the idea that we do. - Either you have similar motives, or you do not, and that was all that I was looking for. - OK?