Thomas Berry, "The Great Work now, as we move into a new millennium, is to carry out the transition from a period of human devastation of the Earth to a period when humans would be present to the planet in a mutually beneficial manner."
and
"The deepest cause of the present devastation is found in a mode of consciousness that has established a radical discontinuity between human and other modes of being and the bestowal of all rights on the humans."
In this context let's examine the difference between Progress vs. Providence.
need to separate (and understand) what are beliefs - that we accept without evidence - and what we can base on experience or evidence
Is our belief in progress (as an economic concept) separate from the religious and moral values?
