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I spent Christmas in a T-shirt this year, folks. Who says the planet isn't
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getting warmer? For the first time in history, we all face a common enemy.
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For the first time, we face a truly global crisis. Never before has man been
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united in this way. Even in the world wars, or the cold war, man was divided
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against himself. No longer. Everyone needs clean air and water, and food to
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eat. No living creature can survive prolonged contact with its own waste. No
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species can increase its population indefinitely. We do not inhabit the
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vastness of space. We live in a finite world, with finite resources that must
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sustain all life, not just our own. The food pyramid we sit at the top of
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is an unimaginably complex web of interdependent living beings. A single pond
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contains more relationships than we can possibly count, and don't think people
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haven't tried. The trees that make our atmosphere breathable thrive within
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narrow temperature bands. When the temperature changes too rapidly, they die.
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The insects we fear so much play indispensable roles in the maintenance of our
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ecosystems. When the environment is contaminated with toxic chemicals, they
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die, and beings that depend on them die. When we kill insects, trees, animals,
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plants, or any living beings indiscriminately, carelessly, without
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consideration, we kill ourselves. Let's not waste any more time talking about
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whether there's a problem, or how big it is, or whose fault it is. We have
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meddled with the primordial forces of nature. We must atone. Let's start
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talking about solutions.
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The Church of Euthanasia isn't asking much of you. We're not asking you to go
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to mass, or recite prayers, or sing hymns. We're not asking you to deny
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yourself sexual pleasure, or submit to some mighty paternal authority. We're
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not even asking you for money, though we could certainly use it. All we are
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asking you to do is not procreate, and not eat meat. It's really that simple.
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These two small sacrifices can have more effect on the future of the earth and
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her creatures than anything else you can do. You can change the world.
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Everything else is strictly optional. If you feel inspired, you could give up
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your car if you have one, and use public transportation or a bicycle. You
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could plant a garden and try to grow some of your own food. You could try to
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use less electricity, or less water, or less paper or plastic. You could
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recycle more, or buy only recycled products. You could spread the word to
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other people, to friends and family and neighbors. If you're really ambitious,
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you could organize a group of like-minded individuals and do all of these
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things, together. With enough of you working together, you might even be able
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to build a solar or earth-heated home somewhere. It sounds harder than it is.
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There are resources out there to help you. People are doing these things right
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now. But if you can't do them, don't despair. If you're too lazy, or too
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poor, or too afraid, even if you honestly just don't want to, it's okay. Just
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by choosing to not procreate, and not eat meat, you've already done the
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minimum. You can pat yourself on the back. You can feel good about yourself.
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You are changing the world.
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There are those among us who know the truth, and willingly choose to ignore it,
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out of selfishness, or avarice, or pride. Let's not kid ourselves; there is
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evil out there. There are forces of darkness and light in the world. In the
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immortal words of Ghandi, "what you do will not matter, but it is very
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important that you do it." The exact sequence of events is irrelevant; it is
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the principle that counts. Your decision to cast your lot with the forces of
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light is the most important decision you will ever make. The world needs each
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and every one of you to fulfill your destiny and achieve enlightenment, here
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and now. Alone, your life is a tiny, flickering flame. Joined together in
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harmony with all other beings, your life force becomes a blinding white light
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that illuminates the darkness and overcomes evil. Look within yourself, and
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know that there is hope. The earth was created with love. Feel love, for the
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living earth, for your fellow travelers, and above all for yourself. With
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love, you will find the strength to heal yourself.
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>>>>
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Probably love has totally disappeared from this world. Love implies generosity
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and care, not to hurt one another, not to make another feel guilty, but to be
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generous, courteous, and behave in such a manner that your words and thoughts
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are born out of compassion . . . Everything in the world as it exists now, the
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society, the family, the parents, the children--they have no love. Do you
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think there would be wars if they had love? Do you think there would be
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governments that consider it perfectly all right for you to be killed? Such a
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society would never exist if your mother and father really loved you, cared for
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you, looked after you and taught you how to be kind to people, how to live and
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how to love.
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-Krishnamurti
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Rev. Chris Korda The Church of Euthanasia
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