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Nowadays, mankind faces a very serious problem of a profound
ecological crisis. In fact the situation is really dangerous
because the environment is getting to be more and more polluted
and there remain little room on the Earth, which sustain original
purity.
Basically, such a situation is provoked by activity of human
beings which actually led to unprecedented pollution of the
environment. However, it is hardly possible to agree with
those like Ludwig Feuerbach who stand on the ground that the
pollution of the environment is caused by human indifference
to their present life on the Earth, which is enforced by religious
beliefs, including Christianity.
In fact it should be said that Christianity really puts the
life after death on the first place and minimize materialistic
values of the real world. It is exactly this eager interest
in the life after death that makes philosophers like Feuerbach
believe that Christians the real world, including nature,
have no interests for them.
Obviously, this statement is wrong because Christians have
never attempted to ruin the civilization. Moreover, Christianity
underlined the necessity to live in harmony with the surrounding
world. On the other hand, it is not ‘indifferent’
Christians that stimulated the pollution but, in stark contrast,
it is convinced materialists aimed at the enrichment, material
prosperity, etc. put all their efforts on achievement these
goals regardless environmental pollution.
Thus, it is possible to conclude that materialistic principles,
which reject traditional Christian principles that deny greed,
dominance of materialistic interests over spiritual, etc.,
gradually ruin environment and produce a great harm to the
nature.
Bibliography:
1. Ramsey, P. Basic Christian Ethics. New York: Scribner's,
1990.
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