"There's a train coming, get off the tracks!!!!"  "No, if God wants me off the tracks, HE will move me."  I'm not sure if I've read any more destructive religious dogma in a long, long time.  This stance of Passive Acceptance of God's Will is truly amazing.  I'm an agnostic and won't get into a deep religious debate.  Just one point,  if, indeed, there is a god, and he/she created humans, how do you, James, know with such certainty, that he/she doesn't want us to play an active and direct role in "saving the planet" or "saving life on the planet"?  I'd be interested in your answer.  Thanks, Gary Crum