Ironic - the Hurricanes head right for the fuel that warmed the earth

[symbolman]

Just struck me as ironic, that the huge hurricanes are headed to decimate the fuel that we used to pollute the atmosphere enough to create the conditions for them to exist.

Maybe there is a God.

Or at least some kind of balance.. like Smokey the Bear storming out of the woods to put out a campfire before it burns down all the woods, human campers be damned.

Man makes his own hell, that's why we grew a brain, too bad more people don't use them.

[ewagner]

1. What's the name

of the theory that holds that the earth is a living organism trying to rid itself of an infection (us)?

[Squatch]

5. Gaia Theory?

[symbolman]

6. Kurt Vonnegut Jr

said on Bill Mahr show last week that he thought we were some kind of cancer and the earth was trying to shake us off, and also that she was correct, that we SHOULD be wiped off the face..

It was a scary yet illuminating concept from a man I consider the Mark Twain of the 21st Century..

After having lived in Fairbanks Alaska for 10 years I realised what nature was up to - recycling me, and as quickly as possible :)

[KittyWampus]

11. The Notion That Nature Has An Inherent Intelligence Is Pantheism At Lies

at the very heart of Intelligent Design.

And saying Intelligence does NOT infer a Being or Personality with the same limitations that you or I may experience as a being or seperate person.

[Dhalgren]

2. Gaia...she has always kicked serious ass! Love Her and She is

the best mother conceivable; hate Her and She will fuck-you-up...

[acmejack]

3. I had never heard of Gaia till you mentioned it!

It excites me as I believe in this view, having arrived at it independently. Thanks!

[htuttle]

9. James Lovelock coined the name for the theory

He's written about it in depth. Well worth reading.

He's not really a 'woo-woo' sort of guy, either. Pro-Nuclear advocate, among other things. He simply said, "Why put 'organisms' at the top of the 'Biological Organizational Chart' when all Earth organisms are clearly part of a much larger planetary one." At least that's what I've always taken from it.

[htuttle]

7. Lately, she's been in her Kali Ma aspect

She's in an avenging mood...

[kansasblue]

4. and for the home of the global warming president..and the other

state that elected him, Florida.


God has such a sense of humor.

[gasperc]

8. wow, wierd, we both came up with the same post at around the same time

maybe the "intelligent design " force that I hinted in my post sent us both the inspiration!

aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

[symbolman]

10. AGAIN!!

Man, we got to have a beer or something - I don't imagine the conversation would be much other than finishing each other's sentences :)

[gasperc]

12. what do you mean again?

and aren't you the dude that makes those video clips?