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Extinctionists, Extinctionism |
A person who envisions the future as the destruction of the world. Armageddon. An Extinctionist is a person who is so blinded by faith and so dedicated to making sure that "their team wins" even if their team is the bad guys. They would destroy the world or move humanity into a society of religious slavery just to be on the winning team. An Extinctionist envisions negative evolution and sees the future as bleaker than today and lives a life that is destructive to the advancement of humanity.
Extinctionism is a very dangerous world view because it leads to irresponsible behavior and decisions. It is based on the idea that there is a next world and that this world is "evil" and deserves to die. Therefore it is OK to pollute the planet, or overpopulate, or to use nuclear weapons, because the omnipotent father figure is going to destroy this world anyhow and take all the good people to a better place.
We in the Church of Reality maintain a Futurist perspective. We see the future as what we decide to build and we take Responsibility for our actions because actions have consequences. We see humanity as not having an omnipotent safety net and that our survival is based on our ability to have good judgment. We therefore commit ourselves to Positive Evolution so that humanity progresses into the future knowing more about reality with each generation.
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