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7 ...individual<--->natureBELONGING TO NATURE
I believe that humans are part of nature, not its rulers. People should cherish, revere, and sometimes stand in awe of natural beauty, not despoil it or threaten the integrity of ecosystems. Nothing in nature should be considered good or bad. The interconnected unity of its parts and processes should be valued without regard to usefulness to people. (Note: Bringing religion into this, some feel that God’s creation should not be compromised, that its beauty brings glory to the Creator. Some connect belonging to belief in the benevolence of God and the concept of grace, others with a groundedness that comes from working the soil. Natural pantheists identify God with a self-organizing, ever evolving Universe. Animists may talk of the god inhabiting a special place.)
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