tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post6905831193533642603..comments2023-08-23T08:27:08.039-04:00Comments on UU A Way Of Life: How will we deal with climate change: like sheep or mature men and women?David G. Markhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-28418249946968151662014-07-11T11:16:57.699-04:002014-07-11T11:16:57.699-04:00The idea that God who is looking down on His sheep...The idea that God who is looking down on His sheep and who is the "good shepherd" are avoiding responsibility for what is facing us. A "deus ex machina" is not going to occur to bail us out of our current and impending predicament. Our religions are not going to save us nor our gods, it will be changes that we have to make ourselves. Are we up for it?Chris O'Connornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-44152529782882809612014-07-11T08:38:42.836-04:002014-07-11T08:38:42.836-04:00A grim picture is painted here and I think you may...A grim picture is painted here and I think you may be an alarmist until I think of Hurricane Sandy and what it did to New York City, and the droughts in California and the Southwest. Hopefully we will help one another and not hunker down into a survivalist mentality. Resources though will have to be reallocated and how this will happen in a radically capitalistic, materialistic society is questionable unless our values change significantly in the near future meaning the next 5 - 10 years.<br /><br />Thanks for the thoughtful essays on Flight Behavior. I am enjoying and learning a lot from the book.Barb McMullennoreply@blogger.com