10-16-2009, 10:11 AM
If the end of the world is indeed coming, we only have ourselves to blame. We're the ones who've been abusing the planet ever since we arrived here and it's about time that we started reaping what we've sown. I'm not thinking about this from a religious viewpoint, since various religions have always prophesied about the end of the world in one way or another. The only common thing is that things always get better after the apocalypse has run it's course.
It's just that human beings are so destructive. Other creatures are content with confining themselves to their territories and co-existing with the other organisms there and whatever available resources in the area. In our case, what we have is never enough. We insist on using up all resources in one area and move on to the next after exhausting everything until there's only a wasteland left. Humans are not even content with sharing it with other people and so we declare war on others time and time again just for these resources, which leads to even more pain on the nature's part. We are the reason why it seems that the planet itself is trying to get rid of us.
If you think about it, it's possible that human beings are a plague that will scrub the earth clean. We are the only ones who destroy things so well that it seems like that is our intended function. Maybe every few eons, there is some animal that comes along and kills off the rest of the world. Sort of like clearing the decks and allowing the planet and it's evolution to move on to the next phase. In other words, just like a reset button.
That's just my two cents on the topic. It may be a bit extreme and i don't intend to alarm anyone but that's just what i think.
It's just that human beings are so destructive. Other creatures are content with confining themselves to their territories and co-existing with the other organisms there and whatever available resources in the area. In our case, what we have is never enough. We insist on using up all resources in one area and move on to the next after exhausting everything until there's only a wasteland left. Humans are not even content with sharing it with other people and so we declare war on others time and time again just for these resources, which leads to even more pain on the nature's part. We are the reason why it seems that the planet itself is trying to get rid of us.
If you think about it, it's possible that human beings are a plague that will scrub the earth clean. We are the only ones who destroy things so well that it seems like that is our intended function. Maybe every few eons, there is some animal that comes along and kills off the rest of the world. Sort of like clearing the decks and allowing the planet and it's evolution to move on to the next phase. In other words, just like a reset button.
That's just my two cents on the topic. It may be a bit extreme and i don't intend to alarm anyone but that's just what i think.
"May those who accept their fate find happiness. May those who defy their fate find glory."
