And you probably thought the world couldn't get any crazier ...
Bolivia has drafted a United Nations treaty giving "Mother Earth" human rights, and also establishes a Ministry of Mother Earth.
That's right. Our favorite big rock hurling through space even gets it's very own ombudsman!
UN document would give 'Mother Earth' same rights as humans
UNITED NATIONS — Bolivia will this month table a draft United Nations treaty giving "Mother Earth" the same rights as humans — having just passed a domestic law that does the same for bugs, trees and all other natural things in the South American country.
The bid aims to have the UN recognize the Earth as a living entity that humans have sought to "dominate and exploit" — to the point that the "well-being and existence of many beings" is now threatened.
That document speaks of the country's natural resources as "blessings," and grants the Earth a series of specific rights that include rights to life, water and clean air; the right to repair livelihoods affected by human activities; and the right to be free from pollution.
It also establishes a Ministry of Mother Earth, and provides the planet with an ombudsman whose job is to hear nature's complaints as voiced by activist and other groups, including the state.
Don't laugh. Remember that the United Nations already has an Office for Outer Space Affairs, complete with a paid physicist in the post of Ambassador to Aliens. I mean, once you're talking to aliens, "rights" for Mother Earth is hardly a stretch.
And nevermind that a rock can't have rights, or that these people believe the silly notion that rights are granted by rulers. Because like, you know, they've got "10 commandments" and stuff. We "need to end capitalism," dontcha know?
In a 2008 pamphlet his entourage distributed at the UN as he attended a summit there, 10 "commandments" are set out as Bolivia's plan to "save the planet" — beginning with the need "to end capitalism."
Reflecting indigenous traditional beliefs, the proposed global treaty says humans have caused "severe destruction . . . that is offensive to the many faiths, wisdom traditions and indigenous cultures for whom Mother Earth is sacred."
It also says that "Mother Earth has the right to exist, to persist and to continue the vital cycles, structures, functions and processes that sustain all human beings."
In indigenous Andean culture, the Earth deity known as Pachamama is the centre of all life, and humans are considered equal to all other entities.
Well, I suppose the "10 commandments" sorta makes sense. After all,
It’s Official: Environmentalism Is the New Religion!
The tenets of the Church of Earthalujah are based on the view that:
…these freak storms and tsunamis and flocks of blackbirds are not a coincidence—it’s the Earth talking to us. The Earth’s physical systems are in revolt.
Their faith is practiced both in church:
Every Sunday we have a devil and a saint, and the holy writ is the Earth. We have sermons and songs. Scientists give talks.
And on the street:
Friends give us soil from mountains that have been strip-mined and we go into bank lobbies like Chase and Union Bank as if we’ve been invited by an art curator and we sculpt dirt peaks and sing, then exorcise the demon out of the ATMs.
Let's see here ...
We've got Gaia the "Earth Goddess," the Earth deity Pachamama, and the Church of Earthalujah. Doesn't this mean then, that all government environmental policies violate separation of church and state?
Tell me again. Why do American taxpayers fund the United Nations?
The lunatics have truly taken over the asylum.
See also:
United Nations: Law of the Rights of ‘Mother Earth’ is a post from: The Classic Liberal Blog