Innovation and Religion
There are many factors that underlie innovative action. Most come from underlying factors that are based in prevaiding cultural belief systems; yes .. more specifically how you believe in gGod. What is gGod to you, and how does the way you bring design into the world reflect your belief in that higher power? You're right, this is not a short essay. For now, I urge you to consider how your innovative nature relates to humanity's greater "Nature" and its understanding of who we think gGod is.
Case and point below, which is a reference to something that I have been waiting to come for a long time ... HA!; some may even call it the 'second' coming! The most powerful religious forces in the world - the Catholic Church - is announcing its position on 'green'. They are one of MANY religious systems that are stepping forward to announce there position on the Planet's wellbeing; in the name of their gGod. Do you think all this will change the way you innovate? You can bet your belief in your gGod that it certainly will. As John Luke would say, "make it so".
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PROTECT GOD'S CREATION: VATICAN ISSUES NEW GREEN MESSAGE FOR WORLD'S CATHOLICS
By John Vidal and Tom Kington in Rome
The Guardian
April 27, 2007
The Vatican yesterday added its voice to a rising chorus of warnings from churches around the world that climate change and abuse of the environment is against God's will, and that the one billion-strong Catholic church must become far greener.
At a Vatican conference on climate change, Pope Benedict urged
bishops, scientists and politicians -- including UK environment
secretary David Miliband -- to "respect creation" while "focusing on
the needs of sustainable development".
The Pope's message follows a series of increasingly strong statements
about climate change and the environment, including a warning earlier
this year that "disregard for the environment always harms human
coexistence, and vice versa".
Observers said yesterday that the Catholic church is no longer split
between those who advocate development and those who say the
environment is the priority. Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, head of
the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace, said: "For environment
. read Creation. The mastery of man over Creation must not be
despotic or senseless. Man must cultivate and safeguard God's Creation."