Reply #24: Yes or at Least Very Likely

[NickofTime]

All life, even bacteria, is interrelated, and pollution seeping deep into the Earth affects all of us profoundly. Al Gore understood this, see :

"The richness and diversity of our religious tradition throughout history is a spiritual resource long ignored by people of faith, who are often afraid to open their minds to teachings first offered outside their own system of belief. But the emergence of a civilization in which knowledge moves freely and almost instantaneously throughout the world has. . . spurred a renewed investigation of the wisdom distilled by all faiths. This panreligious perspective may prove especially important where our global civilization's responsibility for the earth is concerned. (pages 258-259)"