In the movie Avatar theres a whole lot of nature worship going on. Someone said that this is sacreligious (the pope), and I do not understand why. In the beginning of every religion, religion was made for the main purpose of explaining the world around us. So religion is reliant on nature to exist. If nature did not possess the grace, majesty, awe-inspiring beauty, and incredible danger that it did then religion would not exist. As far as I am concerned, nature worship is the opposite of sacreligious, no matter whether you are a shaman or an alien or a christian or a muslim or a jew or a taoist or a hindu or a member of the church of latter day saints. Either it is the work of god's hands, and indeed the only thing that is simply the work of his hands, or it is a manifestation of god. So what is wrong with approaching nature with reverence and love? It gives us life and we rely on it. If anything, those who care for nature are the best among us, for they give back to their true mother.
Just another little tidbit I noticed. Eywah (their godess type deity in Avatar) and Yahweh (the name of god in the Torrah/old testament) share the same sounds. I find this very interesting and telling, and think that what it suggests is pretty true. When we kill the earth, we're killing our life-giver, and to do so is simply wrong. So let's stop.
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