2007-05-17 09:10:19 · 5 answers · asked by starryeyed 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I never thought of it as a religion, more of a value and belief system. There's some difference between those. Consider for one thing, that religion deals with the supernatural, while Earth itself can be nothing but natural... But, maybe I'm getting away from the topic here.
While actual earth-worship doesn't seem to be coming back, people are realizing the truth behind the Gaia hypothesis, which states that the Earth is the sum of its living and nonliving parts, and that they work together to sustain life. Just like how the Christian church is not only just a building, but also the people who gather and the faith shared between them. Perhaps a bad example, I am relating it to religion again. But I am just trying to help you understand.
People probably won't be going out and having seances in the woods on a more regular basis, but the increase in appreciation for the natural processes of our planet is really picking up pace. Going on a hike or just out in nature for a weekend shouldn't be seen as a ritual, but as a form of appreciation for nature. This is a critical time for that to be happening too, on many issues.
The big revival is probably not so much a religion, but a realization that we humans have a lot of power over the planet, but it is not by any means absolute. Civilization has grown very distant from nature, and people are starting to miss it, I think.
People are afraid of people with other beliefs, so there's a good amount of people out there who reject the Gaia hypothesis outright. But at one time there was probably an "Earth is round" belief group and an "Earth is flat" belief group, and once the questions are answered things will calm down.
2007-05-17 09:35:44 · answer #1 · answered by kcneale 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Waiting For The Electrician Or Someone Like Him
2007-05-17 16:21:52 · answer #2 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll need to look at pantheism more carefully then. It's simply one of many pagan beliefs that the earth is a sentient being. Many environmentalists adhere to this belief. It's growing in that sense, most definitely.
2007-05-17 16:21:57 · answer #3 · answered by Kallan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Any new religion is just more of the same. Why do some reject one form just to swing right into another? Since when is it imperative to have some club to belong to anyway?
2007-05-17 16:13:41 · answer #4 · answered by Peter D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gaeism couldn't be revived because it never existed. That's why it is dead in the water.
2007-05-17 16:13:14 · answer #5 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋