Friday, October 5, 2007

edenism


he-don-ism
1.
the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
2.
devotion to pleasure as a way of life: The later Roman emperors were notorious for their hedonism.

e-den-ism
1.
reversal of the hedonistic ways of our society which have greatly threatend the health of our planet.
2.
a play on words [see pun] in that it is also an attempt to respect creation and struggle towards a time when the earth was more in balance, i.e. the garden of eden.

edenism is a philosophy/ideology that concentrates specifically on contrasting the aspects of our culture that are seen as detrimental to the health of our planet. within edenism littering, not recycling, using too much energy/water/non-renewable resources and letting one's car engine idle become spiritual issues.
caring for the garden god made for us is part of the mandate of the faithful and we are trying to take that mandate seriously.
that is edenism because, after all, life began in a garden.

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