Let's talk Gaians

[Zelot]

Not at all, I'm saying the level of irrationality shown by the Gaian belief system is on-par with the level of irrationality rarely seen outside of certain religious groups. It's the Gaian belief that lifeless planets should be left alone so that they may evolve in whatever way the universe sees fit (despite the fact that the lifeless world will never spontaneously develop life) that makes them sound religious.

and again what is the irrationality? There have been all sorts of terrorist groups not based on religion. The most famous terrorist groups in the world, up until the late 1990's were nationalist terrorist groups not religious ones. The PLO, The IRA, Tamil Tigers, PKK (Kurdish Workers Party) and ETA in Spain. None are religous groups.



I see the Gaians as a Freelancer era terrorist group based more on the Conservation mentality than the environmental movement. This is from the Encartas article on the American Conservation movement, speaking about other ideas of Conservation.

In other parts of the world conservation is used more broadly to include the setting aside of natural areas and the active protection of wildlife for their inherent value, as much as for any value they may have for humans.

This idea is not based on religion, but instead on the idea that things have an inherent value and by destroying them or changing them you destroy that value.

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