Christian Conservationism
The bible is full of information on proper stewardship of the planet.
“The bible is full of information on proper stewardship of the planet. Leviticus has ideas for proper land management in it. There is a strong environmental Christian movement based on the teachings in the bible. I’ll give you one very big, good example from the bible. This is the story of Noah and Ark. God makes certain that we include the animals on the ark, because we hold dominion over them yes, but also because this gives us responsibility for their welfare. Clearly god wants us to take care of the animals on the planet. If we make an animal extinct then we are clearly violating the spirit of the story of Noah and the Ark where god instructed Noah to gather all of the animals and keep them alive. ( I have included the quote below.) God can’t make it much clearer than that.”
—Curtis C.
“But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you, to keep them alive.”
—Old Testament, Genesis Chapter 6
Minions
audience posted by Agent Pugsly Sat, 2008-06-21 15:48Groups: You Decide Your Level of Involvement, Start Simple and Progress Rapidly, Viralink Industries, Think For Yourself, Repetitive Task Work, Mindfulness, Leadership, Group Organizing, Everyone Can Do Something, Consumerism, Collective Effervescence, Christian Conservationism, Apathy, Activism
Some people prefer to be in a position of non-responsibility for projects and missions going on, but still wish to participate in them productively. Sometimes a person will come to the realization that they don't have the experience to work as a peer with a person or group; sometimes an individual will crave being out of the limelights, or sometimes a person will be in so much social and/or material debt that they feel the need to preform services in order to make good on this debt (perceived or not).
There is nothing wrong with being a minion. Minions are the number one source of delegation for a project leader, usually. Most minions, especially empowered ones, will always critically analyze the things they are asked to do. As long as there is no moral interference a minion will usually preform a delegated task. The difference between a minion and a group member is realiability. Minions can be counted on to do what they agree to do just as much as a project leader, they just end up doing more support roles. Sure, speaking on stage at a confrence requires a skill but so does the tedious work of putting up and tearing down said stage.
The difference between a minion and an employee is idealism, usually. An employee will complete requested tasks because it means financial compensation for themselves. A minion generally chooses to preform tasks in order to see a project or idea further, even if they don't feel responsible for that project or don't feel competent to direct the operation in any way.
Sometimes, rarely, a person will take minion status entirely out of schedule limitations. If someone misses meetings most of the time due to schedule constraints but still show up to events and preform assistance role tasks in order to remove burden from active project coordinators they are temporarily taking the role of minion.
Volentary participation in this kind of role is called being a minion. If it's invollentary, it's called slavery.
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'You shall have dominion over the earth. Go forth and multiply.'
I prefer to not use the
I think you misunderstood me.
I'm thankful that we don't take the bible as seriously as a people, as we did in the dark ages. The penalty for almost everything, (including homosexuality) was death. Technically, women aren't allowed to wear pants, and there are verses to support that. All modern monotheistic religions (Islam, Judaism and Christianity) are oppresive to women. And you forgot the war on terror. "You're with us or against us" is quoted directly from the bible, in three books of the new testament.
The bible is important for understanding literature and art, because it influenced those things. That's what I meant by culture.
I agree; it can help us
but certainly should not be used as a guide