Green Revolution

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What is the Pope's position on Biotechnology and the Green Revolution? Does he support High yield crops in order to diminish hunger in the world? Or, is it just another violation of the Holy Scriptures?

-- Fredi Boni (fboni@cei.org), June 04, 1999

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For this Catholic I could not for moment see Our Pope condemming any healthful manner to feed the masses. Christ would not them go home hungry. Also an empty belly holds not base for learning.

Peace - Jean B.

-- jean bouchard (jeanb@cwk.imag.net), June 05, 1999.


Fredi, I don't know what the pope is saying with regard to the Green Revolution, but he is certainly not raising his voice loud enough for the world to hear. Biotechnology is such a vast field that one would have to be more specific as to the methods of biotechnology applied. Sure, it is no crime against the order of nature, if one crosses two closely related species, but it is another thing crossing nature's borderlines, such as is happening in large numbers of biotechnological methods, not to mention transgenic manipulations.

So, even the pope cannot simply be for or against biotechnology. What he will have to oppose though, is shaping nature's creatures according to human desire. How far do we humans understand God's plan of creation? High yields have their high costs too, not just in terms of money but also in terms of ecosystem maintenance. High yielding varieties of crops, just to mention one product of biotechnology, can certainly not be referred to as a healthful way of producing food to feed the world's populations. The Green Revolution will doubtlessly prove to be the single-most disastrous man-made event in human history. How could the pope ever be for it. And by the way, Jesus would not have approved it either.

-- luis gasser (l_gasser@hotmail.com), June 11, 1999.


Thanks for speaking for Jesus on that one Luis. With you around we don't even need a pope ;-D.

-- David Palm (djpalm64@yahoo.com), June 11, 1999.

You people are all crazy. Does it really matter what the Pope actually thinks about biotechnology and the Green Revolution? If there is a "God", and if "Jesus" actually cared about humans tampering with the genetics of crops, you'd think that at least one of them would do something about it. I personally don't think that humans have the right to screew around with nature, but the Pope can't do anything if he shares the same view. Money and profit speak in our society, it makes people sit up and listen. Not some eldery man in a satiny gown, riding around in a goldfish bowl on wheels. I know people are going to be offended by what I've just written, but think about it...you actually set up a site to pose the question, here's your answer.

-- Buttercup (downwitdaG_funk@hotmail.com), March 03, 2001.

no, the Pope cannot physically stop people from doing things, but with over 1,000,000,000 people who look to him for example - he can count on at least a portion of their donation money, votes, et cetera being witheld from those organizations should he request that Catholics of the world do so.

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-- anthony (fides_spes_et_caritas@hotmail.com), March 03, 2001.



Buttercup,

I disagree. Remember the "population control" summit of a few years ago? The pope enlisted the support of the Muslims and derailed the efforts of the U.S.' wealthy, economy-centered special interests.

One person can do a great deal if they are sincere in their beliefs and are willing to *act* on them. I'd say YOU are crazy if you think the only things that happen in this world are those that seem pragmatic at the time.

Frank

-- Someone (ChimingIn@twocents.cam), March 04, 2001.


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