Criticism of Theory of Evolution, highlighting the bias human beings have by considering themselves the superior species of all, the most intelligent, the most empathetic and the ones guaranteed to have a sense of self, consciousness; an agenda propagated by Religions, including that of Science.
Through Religion and dogma, spirits of Fauna and Flora, Goddesses and Gods of specific natural elements and landscapes and the Connection to Earth’s energies were substituted by Creationism, featuring a patriarchal figure who has final say on your life and on your death. The worship of such a God is installed through fear, submission and obedience, the language He speaks is not one to travel through the winds and spread its seeds throughout the world, no other species know of the existence of such God because he speaks only for humankind, leaving every other creation as resources rather than beings with full potential of consciousness.
Lion Park, South Africa, 2016
Before there were any Gods and Goddesses, there has always been a maternal figure in the lives of humans, Her name is Mother Nature, its worship took place in our everyday lives and activities, its patterns allowed us to know how to utilise its parts in order to create what we needed from it without greed in mind, not from fear but out of respect.
Humans had a beautiful awareness of our fragility and our strengths based on how we interacted with other beings and the elements, we were inherently knowledgeable about the interconnectedness between all of which is living, from the lions, the spider-monkeys, the trees, the oceans, the mountains, the deserts, and so on; for all that exists is part of Mother Nature, including ourselves.
Itanhaém, São Paulo, Brasil 30/06/2018
The beings who could cause us damage and therefore fear, we respected and kept our distance as much as it was possible, if necessary for our survival and that of our community, those would meet death and be repurposed by us or by Nature itself. The beings who kept us alive, well-fed and warm were respected and none of their parts went to waste. Prey or predator, each being would be honoured by chants, rituals, dancing and offerings for we honoured their spirits; they lived within us and within our cultures.
Lion Park, South Africa, 2016
The elements were also treated with the utmost respect for they could not be tamed, their patterns could only be observed and our observations lead to us learning how to deal with them in a safe and beneficial manner. The river that offered us cleansing, food and water; the fire that offered us warmth and cooked meats; the mountain and cave that offered us safety and opportunity.
The rain and storm could have been scary at times but we respected them for the soil and rivers would benefit from it and so would the entirety of fauna and flora meaning we did too, for we associated the rain with the growth of all that is soil based and the lives of our preys depended on them having access to water, meaning more food, more clothing, more opportunity to create primitive hunting weapons, which unlike today required an extensive amount of knowledge and practice. We were not guaranteed success, but the lioness cannot always catch a gazelle.
Through the help of Industrial Revolution, Individualism, Capitalism and Modern Science we went from the past when various hypothesis and theories were considered options, such as mutationism, structuralism, catastrophism and so on to a point which any one who is not a creationist is made to feel ashamed if they do not believe in the theory of evolution; there is no longer space for research after what has been established as the scientific method gave the hypothesis a green light.
The main issue with the theory of revolution is its inability to take a biocentric view on itself, it fails to acknowledge the intelligence of Nature, natural beings and natural elements by themselves, instead, it compares their intelligence and mechanism of intelligence through which human beings operate by.
The theory of evolution through the anthropocentric eyes possesses a critical contradiction, because humans label their intelligence and abilities as superior but also recognises that each species has evolved to better fit its environment, therefore, humans are not above other species, because every species has evolved the type of intelligence and its mechanisms to better suit their environment and therefore are perfect in their own ways.
Lion Park, South Africa 2016
Those who preach about the theory of evolution are far too focused on the “survival of the fittest” and the aspect of competition as a means of evolving, entirely leaving out the inherent aspect of cooperation which is far more dominant in humans in their natural habitats. Therefore, we praise the selfish and greedy instead of the empathetic and generous amongst us.
A vast majority of human beings have abandoned their natural habitat and have little to no knowledge as to how to survive within it. In fact, instead of evolving within our natural habitat we have adapted to survive in a mechanical, artificial and industrialised setting that is fragile and very close to crumbling down to dust, leaving humans defenseless and lost. How does that translate into superiority?
Human beings are trapped in a technocentric system, introduced, maintained and rapidly evolving by the ones who hold power over the masses, whether by scientific discoveries, politics or economic superiority. The masters of the world benefit the most whilst making the rest of the world bow down to their creations and stay silent about their destruction upon Earth and all Earthlings, including ourselves.
After the collapse of civilisation the ones who are most likely to survive are the ones who have never abandoned their natural habitat and culture, perhaps farmers alongside people who have practical knowledge on how on to deal with fauna, flora and the elements, including the natural healing powers of each plant, grass, flower, three bark, mushroom and so on.
Itanhaém, São Paulo, Brasil 20/01/2020
The people of the city, the billionaires and the scientists themselves would crumble down alongside the system. The uninterested and ignorant about their natural habitat, dependable on modern advances would become extinct, finally, leaving space for the actual superior human beings in comparison to them to thrive and once again, worship Mother Nature through every day actions.
Then and only then will the ecosystems of the oceans, rivers, waterfalls, forests, jungles begin to heal alongside the now polluting air and rain. The animals at the brink of extinction would return to their natural habitat, a home to live in harmony with Nature by having access to clean, abundant water and food that is natural to them.
Only by the destruction or crumbling down of the current techno-industrial system alongside purposeful rewilding would biocentrism stop being viewed and experienced as theoretical and philosophical, but in fact a practical, material reality. That is the single framework that is acceptable and very much needed for peace within the balance of harmonious living achieved by all Earthlings.
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