This is cinematic misanthropy on a grand scale. Misanthropy is at the heart of AGW; it says the earth would be better off without humans. We see many examples of AGW supporters expressing this view about humans. The view is the antithesis of Christianity, in both its progressive and traditional forms, because both forms still regard humans as part of God's Creation while quibbling about humanity's role and importance in that creation.
The creation in Noah is a human free zone, the ultimate expression of misanthropy. And the Flood is a cleansing of humanity from the Earth. There are a number of puzzling ironies here.
Firstly, if humans are not part of creation why are we here? Are we the "outside" which Flannery says doesn't exist? Did the Creator create Gaia or vice-versa, or are they the same thing? Lovelock doesn't know and he invented the idea.
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Secondly if humans are part of creation but need to be destroyed that indicates a moral purpose for the creation which humans have contravened. Is the moral purpose merely the sustaining of the creation? If humans have to be removed to ensure the sustainability of the creation does that mean humans are more powerful than the Creator? If so, maybe it's time we started fighting back just like the heroine does in Prometheus. Not going to see Noah would be a good start.
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