Examining the roots of Environmentalism reveals a religious creed unlike any world view in the history of civilization. It departs from Christianity, humanism, and the philosophers (who gave us logic) by turning the pyramid of all things upside down and placing mankind at the bottom. Here, the lowest rung is not merely a poor showing on our part that can be improved upon with development. Mankind represents, for Environmentalists, the scourge and cancer on the earth that must be eradicated in order to redeem–the earth. In Adam Kirsch’s book review of American Earth, he shows that Environmentalism’s history points to a religious following that truly believes in, and desires to practice, human sacrifice to appease their goddess.
Notes:
Adam Kirsch, “The Underside of Environmentalism,” New York Sun, April 16, 2008.
http://www.nysun.com/arts/underside-environmentalism
