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From: moskowit@paul.rutgers.edu (Len Moskowitz)
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Subject: Re: subtle mission
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Date: 31 Jan 91 00:56:25 GMT
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Keith Evans writes:

 > I think that this kind of thinking comes from the Judeo-Christian
 > religions, saying that humans can use the Earth for their own
 > purposes.

The term "Judeo-Christian" lumps together two very different religions
and viewpoints.  It is rarely appropriate.

I don't know where you got your information, but the Jewish way
demands protection of the Earth, a stewardship complete with
sabbaticals for the fields, years of non-use for young fruit trees,
sensitivity to the sufferings of all living things, and an absolute
prohibition on thoughtless waste.


Len Moskowitz