2007-03-16 15:15:49 · 21 answers · asked by ***** 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When we reached the top of the food chain.
2007-03-16 15:17:49 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 6⤊ 4⤋
This is not an absolute answer, but more a source to look at when approaching this question. The Swiss philosopher Rousseau in his works "Discourse on the Origin of Inequality" and "On the Social Contract" links the origin of civil society back to when mankind gained the idea of property, basically when we decided to own land and objects. He credits this event with creation of human society, thus this may be when man decided he could control the planet. Hope this helps in some way.
2007-03-16 22:26:48 · answer #2 · answered by steve s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hey whats up with all you dumb religious people...if u dun like how things run here, why dun u carry ur little book and exile into the amazon forest n that way u can blend with nature n dun need to control da planet...u ppl enjoy all the advantages of living in this planet with smart humans who create smart technology, and yet complain as if you are one of those suffering kids in africa...if u really care for the planet, why dun you travel to africa and help the poor...you probably wont...cuz u guys only talk, no action...your only purpose here on this planet is to preach ur religion unlike alot of other smarter humans...it is becuz of dumb humans like you that our planet is going backwards...
2007-03-16 22:31:36 · answer #3 · answered by Nesh 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, I can't vouch they 'decide they control the planet', but I do know it doesn't belong to them.
Also, this I know--- God will destroy 'them' that destroy the earth.
And soon, the meek gets the earth in a paradiac peaceful condition.
Mat 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Psa 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Rev 11:18 And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.
2007-03-16 22:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not to offend anyone, but I think Katrina reminded us that the earth controls itself. We are just guests here.
*Added*
Concerning the answer about being at the top of the food chain. Let someone drop you off on the savannahs of Africa or the Everglades, and you will see we are not at the top of the food chain. We just have effectively removed ourselves from the food chain.
2007-03-16 22:22:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sometime after the fourth or fifth century...when Rome was trying to convert the world.
2007-03-17 06:29:33 · answer #6 · answered by gotherunereadings 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we dont, God controls us, and we "control" the planet, but really it goes back to God controlling it. everything that is going on is in His plan. God works in mysterious ways.
2007-03-16 22:27:35 · answer #7 · answered by angeleyes_0613 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
We have always controled the planet...God gave it to us...who else is going to control it?
2007-03-16 22:22:31 · answer #8 · answered by Spades Of Columbia 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It wasn't a decision but a revelation. and now that's showing us how bad we are at controlling it.
2007-03-16 22:19:56 · answer #9 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When they discovered how to harness the power of fire. After that, wild thoughts of world domination came to the fore front of their minds. The rest they say......is history.
2007-03-16 22:21:11 · answer #10 · answered by Count Acumen 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
When we started inventing weapons to give us an advantage over every other animal.
2007-03-16 22:21:14 · answer #11 · answered by Armund Steel 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋