Thread: What is a proper punishment for destroying The Earth?

I am not Catholic, but I suspect the issue in Rome was whether or not environmental destruction falls under an older category of sins.

But regardless, I think we can agree that avoidable destruction of the environment in any way is not a moral thing. To me the "sinfulness" of an act that causes greenhouse warming would depend upon whether or not it is in excess of need, i.e., gluttony.

This begs the important question, is it a sin to fart, if that fart is the result of gluttonous overeating?

But what if you pass a very stinky fart, one loaded with sulfur compounds? Sulfur creates aerosols, which have a cooling effect. So are stinky farts permissible, but ordinary odorless, methane and CO2 laced farts sinful?

Scott

Originally Posted by beezaur

I am not Catholic, but I suspect the issue in Rome was whether or not environmental destruction falls under an older category of sins.

But regardless, I think we can agree that avoidable destruction of the environment in any way is not a moral thing. To me the "sinfulness" of an act that causes greenhouse warming would depend upon whether or not it is in excess of need, i.e., gluttony.

This begs the important question, is it a sin to fart, if that fart is the result of gluttonous overeating?

But what if you pass a very stinky fart, one loaded with sulfur compounds? Sulfur creates aerosols, which have a cooling effect. So are stinky farts permissible, but ordinary odorless, methane and CO2 laced farts sinful?

Scott

Hey, why waste a perfectly good stinky flatus on the environment? I dutch-oven the wife using the dooner with mine (yes, I'm a romantic sod)

James.

Originally Posted by beezaur

This begs the important question, is it a sin to fart, if that fart is the result of gluttonous overeating?

But what if you pass a very stinky fart, one loaded with sulfur compounds? Sulfur creates aerosols, which have a cooling effect. So are stinky farts permissible, but ordinary odorless, methane and CO2 laced farts sinful?

Well this is rather easy, not only are the stinkies permissible. they are in fact redemptive. However, I think we shouldn't be so narrow minded. It's all about balance, dynamic equillibrium if you will, so we need both kinds of farts.