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Old 02-12-2009, 12:05 PM
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Default Re: Earth Day becoming a religious holiday?

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Originally Posted by mollyL View Post
...and if Earth Day became a religious holiday (which I doubt), what would be the harm in it? According the the Judeo-Christian story, humankind was given dominion over the earth. That doesn't mean we have dominion so we can do what we like to the earth and it's inhabitants; it means we are give the CARE of the earth, to protect and love. If that's not religion, I don't know what is.
Earth Day's becoming a religious holiday should be met with opposition from Judeo-Christian entities mainly because it would be an obviously earth based religious holiday, making it a pagan celebration.

We who are pagan would love it, though!
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