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The End of Limitless
Growth
We have been led to believe that there is unlimited growth
and expansion, and that nothing is constant but change.
Yet we know that living organisms are subject to cycles
of birth, life and death and that we cannot overcome our own
biological limitations. The apocalyptic predictions aired at
the turn of the new millennium are a culmination of critical voices
throughout the century that the pursuance of a cancerous
growth strategy will inevitably lead to collapse and
destruction in the environment, in our social fabric, within
our own human psyche. Coupled with fear that we have driven
the changes too far, has been the call for a return to age-old
traditional values as the ones propogatad by religion. Yet,
whilst the millennium marks 2000 years since the birth of
Christ, a markedly Christian tone is noticeably absent from
the celebrations, and many people, whilst searching for a
spiritual dimension to balance material progress, would admit
that Christianity has lost the assertiveness to provide a
meaningful moderation of the excesses of civilization
development. Christianity, because it is enshrined in the
cannons of the long bygone Roman empires, will lose its
foundation when trying to adapt to modern times, but
will be condemned to be outdated rather than
forward looking when trying to hold on to its
traditions.
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