lvation and harmony between humans and nature. God punishes evil sinners and forever separates from the saints. Reuther claims that in an ideology of a god unrelated to earth, body, or mortality, death is the last enemy to conquer. . Chapter four looks at the interrelated, contemporary crises of ecological devastation, poverty, and militarism. Present day ecologists warn of an ecological apocalypse, a permanent destruction of ourselves. The only way to prevent it is to understand how the web of life works and to convert our spirit and culture, technology and social relations into life sustainable ways. Ecological damage is a result of population, consumption, and technology multiplied together, and affected by poverty and inequality The main problem is the over-consumption in developed countries and the under-consumption in third world countries. Human activities are modifying the biosphere and human influences are increasingly disrupting the functioning of the ecosystems. There is growing evidence of anthropogenic climate disruption. Population growth creates increased demand for resources. Human beings cause deforestation, land degradation, pollution, and other specie extinction, in the course of retrieving natural resources like coal, minerals, wood, oil, and gas. Processing the resources into functional objects causes further ecological damage. Technology is advantageous in the effective management and exploitation of various natural resources. However, some resources are scarce, technology does not enhance the amount of natural resources obtainable for defilement. The environmental damage that individuals create increases with wealth. The level of consumerism is an important factor on the impact of the environment. Rich people have higher incomes therefor their level of consumption of resources is higher than that of poor people. Higher consumption means higher levels of waste. Many rich countries over consume. Over consumption in ...
