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jeff, what I if believed that our species was seeded here by humanoid aliens 10,000 years ago. They shared technology with the Egyptians and other ancient cultures, mixed our DNA with theirs to create the humans you see today. I had a book, very similar to the ones we already have, that taught me and other followers of the alien gods morals. Instead of human sacrifice though, we sacrificed plant life and vegetation to our gods because one of our most sacred beliefs given to us directly by our alien gods was "do not harm eachother"... Say that was 3,000 years ago. Now, today this "religion" has 2.2 Billion followers on Earth. Most of us are relatively gentle and harmless people who claim this belief... but of course, like any other religion, you have the small percentage out there who are actively destroying wild life preserves, national parks and rain forests. Since this has been going on for 3 thousand years, and we now have so many followers, there is more and more vegitation sacrifice, leading to increased levels of C02 and decreased levels of O2 and O3 (our ozone). Scientists have come out and notified the public that this has become a problem and have the data to back it up. Then the believers gather their own "scientists" and their own "experts" to rebute the original claims, and release results indicating no changes in the levels of gases in our atmosphere. The years go on and as time passes and the religion gets even more powerful, they start lobbying the government to teach kids about all the benefits C02 has to our planet, and how much plants love it, stuff that is in direct conflict with already established scientific advancements. These kids grow up believing C02 is harmless, the distruction of the vegetation is a sacred religious practice that should be respected and protected at all costs, even if the cost is other human lives (something the original believers would be appalled at!). Some of them go on to become our politicians, writing, voting and passing laws influenced by their "war on vegetation" foreign policy. And the world lived happily ever after.
Anything wrong with that scenario to you jeff? Should this religions ancient practice of vegetation sacrifice be respected and protected at all costs? Even if those costs are the deaths of other human beings?
Anything wrong with that scenario to you jeff? Should this religions ancient practice of vegetation sacrifice be respected and protected at all costs? Even if those costs are the deaths of other human beings?