Would the Destruction of Man be the Greatest Gift We Could Give the Planet?

Question

If all humans were sacrificed, removed from the planet, then the Earth would be able to heal, and return to her normal and natural state.

Wouldn’t the destruction of the human species be the greatest gift we could give to Mother Earth?

Answer 1

OK genius, if every human is exterminated so no human life of any form is alive on this planet, who would be there to tell you if your hypothesis is correct? And since there is no one on the planet, who would care?

The greatest gift we humans who by nature are the top of the food chain and therefore responsible for the well-being of this planet can do for the planet is to live our lives and respect the earth as best we can. What good is it to have such a gift as this planet if there is no one to take advantage of that great gift? How respectful is that?


EDIT: It is truely amazing who the sheep really are. Liberals have always called conservatives the sheep. Yet when it comes to stupidity like this, the liberals clearly demonstrate their sheepish nature. A true conservative would be much more respectful of the environment they live in than many of the liberals who claim to be so environmentally friendly. And what is more disturbing is that since Al Gore blasted the US just yesterday, look at all the sheep today that are screaming for the removal of America to benefit the world. Talk about sheep!!!!

Answer 2

Sadly no, we are as integral as any species, plant or animal. the reality is the earth will be fine. The earth does not want/need gifts from us it is a living organism with an immune system, anything that negatively impacts that organism will be eliminated. If you look at the time line for every mass extinction there was a major change in the earth preceding that event. Aids, famine, global warming, polio, the plagues, war are all things that will keep the balance. As corny as it sounds, it truly is the "Circle of Life.

Answer 3

Actually, I'm not a huge fan of extermination. I'm a huge fan of industrialization of space, I think a concerted effort to start and build colonies off-world betters the chance that we learn to value the Earth properly and in the unfortunate event we do tragically screw things up on the Earth, we are "covered" in so far as we have colonies on other solar system bodies (Mars, Moon, moons of Jupiter etc).

Personally, I've liked the George Carlin take on Earth.

If the Earth is struck by a meteor, the Earth is in trouble, the Earth is in trouble...Wrong...The Earth has been going around the sun for billions of years and has been hit by meteors occasionally destroying all the stuff on the surface. So to be accurate ... don't worry...the Earth will be just fine, it will continue in it's orbit and it's mass will increase slightly....all the people are f*cked .... but the Earth will be just fine.

Barring some "Army of the 12 Monkeys" type of situation or nasty bird-flu / ebola spreading across the globe, (which is not just possible but likely, as health systems continue to deteriorate across the 3rd world).

We could also expect to see something like a "mid-sized" regional or worldwide nuclear conflict, this would likely turn the survivor populations and citizens into (by our measure) hard-core pacifists and environmentalists and seriously make today's "green" parties look positively conservative by comparison.

Look for instance, at the candidates who consistently get elected to office in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, about the only thing these guys are hard-liners about is nuclear abolition.

There are all sorts of pop-culture "rosy" scenarios, whereby if mankind was suddenly to disappear the earth would revert to some Gaia state automatically. This is completely false, without some multi-generational program , to deconstruct and decommission many of the more advanced chemical and nuclear facilities that exist, large regions of the world would deteriorate and remain uninhabitable for thousands if not hundreds of thousands or millions of years (Hanford,WA Chernobyl,Ukraine, Three Mile Island, PA, Oak Creek,TN Yellow River,China, Newark , NJ, San Diego, CA, Tokyo and surrounding prefectures and any large city over a few thousand people is pretty much is a toxic zone without some sort of human "shutdown".

Answer 4

Yes if you are the Elite,so is Genocide in Dafur Sudan a Good Thing? is Evil Good? & Good Evil?
or are we the Husbandman of the Earth yes Caretaker.Its the Sun that raised Temp. 1/2 degree chicken little is making big bucks off UN Global Carbon Tax

UN scientists urge carbon tax to fight global warming
Source: Guardian Unlimited

All sources of carbon pollution - from flights to inefficient light bulbs - must become more expensive if the world is to tackle global warming, an influential panel of scientists and government officials will say today.

Putting a price on harmful emissions from goods and services would require a fundamental shift in the world's economy, but "could realise significant mitigation potential in all sectors" according to a report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Answer 5

you seem to think that mother earth cant handle this new pest called humans...why sacrifice human kind if nature will do it on her own? you think humans are really a threat to the earth? the earth has been here for much longer than people and i think it will continue to be here long after we are gone. humans are an evolutionary cul de sac and i think nature is already on her way to cleaning herself of this pestilence. the earth is a self cleaning mechanism. i wouldnt be too concerned that were doing anything too long lasting to her....how would you do it? well...how about with a disease that affects the immune system? and make it sexually transmitted! that'll really screw with people, pun intended...
and if mother earth doesnt do it...then we will likely end up blowing ourselves up if we dont figure things out soon.

Answer 6

I think humanity needs to drastically change many things, like the curriculum in schools and self sufficiency, become more Earth friendly and less caught up in the game. Focus on what is real and important versus materialistic gain and conquest. Humanity could be a gift.From time to time I feel that all of us dying might actually be easier than all of us changing. Mother Earth will decide and cleanse herself like she does every so many thousands of years. Maybe if we became a gift instead of a burden she wouldn't have to cleanse herself so much.

Answer 7

comparable reason Atheists think of they are able to maintain attempting to "beat" God with so pronounced as arguments while the least complicated logical arguments like...why is there something, somewhat than no longer something? or...The earth spins at a suitable value and works off suitable mathematical equasions and is the suitable distance from the solar, scientists are baffled by making use of this....or many extra arguments that trump any Atheist argument each and every time. If somebody close to to me died, i'd probable hate God for a whilst besides. once you have hatred filled on your heart you particularly dont comprehend that God continues to be all valuable and makes use of even evil for good interior the tip. Thats the place i think of the devil ought to have been coming from. however the variety one reason of all is satisfaction.

Answer 8

not really, but let it melt, so theres more liquid water available to the economic groups find away to freeze that same water, and that goes also to the pollution, so they can sell us some oxygen masks, in the meantime a little contribuition to the scientist community, by the way I think that we have no saying in the weather, that the mother nature working with or without us.

Answer 9

Yes, actually. But I'm not interested in "giving a gift to Mother Earth" I'm interested in living to the max a full and healthy life.

Which, incidentally, coincides with keeping Earth clean.

Answer 10

For sure, look at the shape of this planet right now. With wars going on every where, the poverty all around, our water ways being polluted beyond repair, our Ozone layer being depleted and some of our most majestic animals becoming extinct. And it's all because of mankind's greed and selfishness that this happened.