this is actually my class assignment, sangat menarik, topicnya adalah religion and environment...tugas ini belum selesai, on progress and i hope you guys could help and tell your religion's point of view about environment, ecology, and nature...
What role does religion play in shaping our attitude towards the natural world?There has been much discussion of these ideas, and they have been both attacked and supported. But there is no doubt that this topic raised some important questions. There is much literature on the influence of religious beliefs and traditions on a person's attitude toward the natural environment. What follows is a sampling of discussions of viewpoints of various religions, as well as statements by some religious groups on environmental issues.
Judaism
But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth and it will teach you; the fish of the sea, they will inform you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Eternal has done this? (Job 12:7-9)
Christianity
And God created the great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the water brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. (Genesis 1:21-22, KJV).
Islam
The All-Merciful has taught the Qur'an.
He created man
and He taught him the explanation.
The sun and the moon to a reckoning,
and the stars and trees bow themselves;
and heaven - He raised it up and set the
balance.
Transgress not in the balance,
and weigh with justice, and skimp not in
the balance.
And earth - He set it down for all beings,
therein fruits and palm trees with
sheaths,
and grain in the blade, and fragrant
herbs.
Of which your Lord's bounties will you
and
you deny?
55: 1-12
Buddhism
Rajah Koravya had a king banyan tree called Steadfast, and the shade of its
widespread branches was cool and lovely. Its shelter broadened to twelve leagues....
None guarded its fruit, and none hurt another for its fruit. Now there came a man who
ate his fill of fruit, broke down a branch, and went his way. Thought the spirit dwelling
in that tree, "How amazing, how astonishing it is, that a man should be so evil as to
break off a branch of the tree, after eating his fill. Suppose the tree were to bear no
more fruit." And the tree bore no more fruit.
Anguttara Nikaya iii.368
Hinduism and Jainism
Earth, in which lie the sea, the river, and other waters,
in which food and cornfields have come to be,
in which live all that breathes and that moves,
may she confer on us the finest of her yield....
Set me, O Earth, amidst what is thy center and thy navel,
and vitalizing forces that emanate from thy body.
Purify us from all sides. Earth is my Mother; her son am I;
and Heaven my Father: may he fill us with plenty....
Atharva Veda 12.1
Confucianism
Confucius fished with a line but not with a net. While fowling he would not aim at a
roosting bird.
Analects 7.26
If you do not allow nets with too fine a mesh to be used in large ponds, then there will
be more fish and turtles than they can eat; if hatchets and axes are permitted in the
forests on the hills only in the proper seasons, then there will be more timber than they
can use... This is the first step along the kingly way.
Mencius I.A.3
Other Religious Views
- pantheism is a religion/philosophy with ancient roots, and many environmental implications. According to the eloquent description on this home page, it is not polytheism, or belief in many gods, but a philosophy that underlies several religious traditions. It stresses a sense of awe and wonder over nature, and a belief that humans are part of nature. Its central tenet is that the universe is divine and nature is a sacred part of the divine.
Ini hanya sebagian kecil ringkasan bagaimana agama2 yang disebutkan diatas memandang lingkungan menurut kepercayaan mereka..tugas ini sangat menarik dan menyisakan banyak sekali perntanyaan hehehe…tugas mata kuliah ini sebenarnya adalah pada akhirnya bagaimana membuat keputusan2 dan kebijakan bisnis based on environtmental issue. And my job now is to find out how's so important about the potentially powerful influence of religion on environmental issues….
