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Die, Humans! Is Mother Nature Sick of Us?

- According to James Lovelock's new book "The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning," humanity is "Earth's infection" and mother nature may be trying to shake us just like the flu.

While in theory it would be extremely difficult to truly destroy this planet, it's not such a stretch for some scientists to imagine us making it a place that doesn't support humans. The planet would go on, the thinking goes, but it'd get rid of us much like we shake the flu.

Lovelock's thinking is that our increasing presence is getting things so out of whack that, in the manner of a human immune system, the planet has no choice but to respond. "There is nothing humans can do to reverse the process; the planet is simply too overpopulated to halt its own destruction by greenhouse gases. In order to survive, mankind must start preparing now for life on a radically changed planet." ... Read full article »
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  • +30 / -1 raves KUDABUX May 18, 2009 22:07:27
    KUDABUX
    Mother Nature is sick and tired of the human race polluting her earth, her rivers and her atmosphere, destroying the planet. Earth is revolting against against the onslaught that is poisoning her.

    NATIVE AMERICAN PROPHECY

    American Indians are a diverse ethnic group. Their languages, customs, social systems varied greatly. One common characteristic found in many Indian nations was an affinity to the spiritual side of life. Out of this came man prophecies.

    One of the most fascinating set of prophecies comes out of the Hopi nation located in the Southwestern United States. Many prophecies foretold by the Hopi appear to have come true. Some of these are:

    "The Fourth World shall end soon, and the Fifth World will begin. This the elders everywhere know. The Signs over many years have been fulfilled, and so few are left.

    "This is the First Sign: We are told of the coming of the white-skinned men, like Pahana, but not living like Pahana men who took the land that was not theirs. And men who struck their enemies with thunder.

    "This is the Second Sign: Our lands will see the coming of spinning wheels filled with voices. In his youth, my father saw this prophecy come true with his eyes -- the white men bringing their families in wagons across the prairies."

    "This is the Thir...















    Mother Nature is sick and tired of the human race polluting her earth, her rivers and her atmosphere, destroying the planet. Earth is revolting against against the onslaught that is poisoning her.

    NATIVE AMERICAN PROPHECY

    American Indians are a diverse ethnic group. Their languages, customs, social systems varied greatly. One common characteristic found in many Indian nations was an affinity to the spiritual side of life. Out of this came man prophecies.

    One of the most fascinating set of prophecies comes out of the Hopi nation located in the Southwestern United States. Many prophecies foretold by the Hopi appear to have come true. Some of these are:

    "The Fourth World shall end soon, and the Fifth World will begin. This the elders everywhere know. The Signs over many years have been fulfilled, and so few are left.

    "This is the First Sign: We are told of the coming of the white-skinned men, like Pahana, but not living like Pahana men who took the land that was not theirs. And men who struck their enemies with thunder.

    "This is the Second Sign: Our lands will see the coming of spinning wheels filled with voices. In his youth, my father saw this prophecy come true with his eyes -- the white men bringing their families in wagons across the prairies."

    "This is the Third Sign: A strange beast like a buffalo but with great long horns, will overrun the land in large numbers. These White Feather saw with his eyes -- the coming of the white men's cattle."

    "This is the Fourth Sign: The land will be crossed by snakes of iron."

    "This is the Fifth Sign: The land shall be criss-crossed by a giant spider's web."

    "This is the Sixth sign: The land shall be criss-crossed with rivers of stone that make pictures in the sun."

    "This is the Seventh Sign: You will hear of the sea turning black, and many living things dying because of it."

    "This is the Eight Sign: You will see many youth, who wear their hair long like my people, come and join the tribal nations, to learn their ways and wisdom.

    "And this is the Ninth and Last Sign: You will hear of a dwelling-place in the heavens, above the earth, that shall fall with a great crash. It will appear as a blue star. Very soon after this, the ceremonies of my people will cease.

    "These are the Signs that great destruction is coming. The world shall rock to and fro. The white man will battle against other people in other lands -- with those who possessed the first light of wisdom. There will be many columns of smoke and fire such as White Feather has seen the white man make in the deserts not far from here. Only those which come will cause disease and a great dying.

    Overall, the theme of Hopi prophecy is that the Earth is going to soon go through a great purification and that humanity can make the decision as to how extreme this purification will be. Their belief is that the world goes through a period of destruction and renewal and that we are about to enter into a new age, the 5th world (or 6th depending upon the source).
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  • +2 raves
    Mmustangg Jay May 22, 2009 04:34:15
    Mmustangg
    Great copy and paste there. That still doesn't make the Earth alive! Using your logic, the moon was alive while we walked on it. Or it might even be alive now with some mysterious vacuum living space microbe! YEAH! That's it! WOW! You are right! I have seen the light! Fuck yeah! Light is alive too! Holly crap! Empty space is alive too! DAMN! Wait I'm on to something here! If Empty space is alive, that explains one thing......

    ....,how your head works! crap space alive damn wait space alive explains head works
  • Jay Mmustangg June 06, 2009 00:25:08
    Jay
    You are so amusing! Nice to see you can insult so articulately.
    I post scientific studies, and all you can do is insult, but that's okay, because some people just don't get science, so don't feel bad! It's just not your thing!
  • Mmustangg Jay June 06, 2009 01:03:31
    Mmustangg
    You keep on believing that. Using your logic, a Petri dish is alive because it cultures bacteria! All I saw you talking about was a bunch of theoretical bull crap! You wouldn't know science if Einstein stuck his E=MC² up your nose! Maybe I was thinking 2 feet lower just now, but you get the point! bull crap science einstein stuck emc nose thinking 2 feet
  • +1 raves
    KUDABUX Jay May 21, 2009 18:32:39
    KUDABUX
    Great post. Thanks, Jay.
  • +1 raves
    Jay KUDABUX May 21, 2009 22:18:38
    Jay
    You too!
  • +1 raves
    Jay KUDABUX June 06, 2009 01:10:31
    Jay
    The idiot mmustangg, insults and blocks. Shows he has nothing intelligent to say, and can't take the heat. What a coward!
  • +1 raves
    KUDABUX Jay June 06, 2009 13:05:14
    KUDABUX
    Only blockheads block.
  • +3 raves
    FloydFreak Mmustangg May 21, 2009 02:35:14
    FloydFreak
    I typically hit the road Monday mornings at 4:30am and catch the last few minutes of Art Bell & Co. (a couple of minutes is about all that I can take). Do people REALLY take that sh!t seriously???
  • +1 raves
    Mmustangg FloydFreak May 21, 2009 03:57:54
    Mmustangg
    Apparently so! *lol*
  • cosmice... FloydFreak May 22, 2009 06:26:31
    cosmiceyes versus political sock puppets!
    I would make sure I had some "tin foil" on my head before I listened! LOL :)'s
  • +1 raves
    Donnie May 20, 2009 06:40:00
    Donnie
    There is no mother nature there is only us destroying ourselves just like we do when we fight our wars. We just can't seem to fight of our natural tendency of greed, jealousy, and envy that brings us down. Our greedy politicians are the reason we use oil. We have the technology to change but due to greed by our leaders we go on as usual. Do to jealousy and envy from leaders, we get involved in wars and kill fellow humans. None of it makes sense. I see the enemy and it is us.
  • +1 raves
    Stix May 20, 2009 05:59:05
    Stix
    Yes we are detrimental to the earth. We don't think or take the time to take care of our planet.

    I loved the original "The day the earth stood still," where the guy came from another planet to warn us to stop ruining earth or they would have to destroy us. The new movie really sucked in comparrison to the message the first was giving us.

    We must take better care or lose our home and along with it our lives and the lives of future generations.
  • +3 raves
    IH - Lion of Light May 20, 2009 05:49:45
    IH - Lion of Light
    This kind of thinking is called mental illness...Hating humans so much that anything on earth is more valuable. He hates himself (after all he is the problem being human and all) so he hates all others.

    Humans are as much a part of the earth as any other element or creature. We are the only reason, or creature to whom the earth matters...without us there is no discussion.

    Stupidly on steroids.

    earth element creature reason creature earth matters discussion stupidly steroids
  • +2 raves
    Stix IH - Li... May 20, 2009 06:00:38
    Stix
    And yet we are destroying our home, planet earth.
  • IH - Li... Stix May 20, 2009 06:13:26
    IH - Lion of Light
    Perhaps, but the earth has extinguished life all on her own, going through the inevitable cycles of warming, cooling, natural disasters. She needs no help from us to do what comes naturally nor can we stop it with all our knowledge and arrogance.
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    Stix IH - Li... May 20, 2009 06:18:11
    Stix
    I think you are wrong as we play a big part in why things are changing including natural disasters. And I believe only we can change things but first we have to stop being so self centered, childish, greedy, and self serving.
  • IH - Li... Stix May 20, 2009 18:24:24
    IH - Lion of Light
    You are asking human nature to change...at best I think balance can be provided by those who are more evolved shall we say
  • Mmustangg Stix May 21, 2009 19:50:30
    Mmustangg
    So do elephants given enough time. So do a lot of species. It's not exclusive to man. The exception though is only man knowingly tries to conserve his environment when he is aware it has been damaged. You never see elephants replanting the trees they knock down!
  • +1 raves
    KUDABUX IH - Li... May 20, 2009 19:45:08
    KUDABUX
    Who hates humans? Where did you get that from? I think the steroids got to you!
  • +1 raves
    IH - Li... KUDABUX May 21, 2009 06:00:49
    IH - Lion of Light
    Don't take steroids...where did you get that from? The author hates humans - read what he wrote.
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