Choices, not guilt As human beings, we’re the creatures that need to enhance ourselves in some kinds of self-control, principles, belief, or faith in order to become socially acceptable to others. That belief, and self-control then turn to be something that needs to be done in basic ritual, which result in a form of many religions that we have today. Each religion also has different practices, spiritual beliefs, and different gods base on their cultures history, and living environment. People often view religion as hope, peace, and ideal for them. It is also common that people often use religion as a place of escape, or rescue from guilt, and shame of themselves. Unlike environmentalism, it may consist of beliefs, routine, principles, and identity, it cannot be describe as a religion, based on its direct observations and the evidence of scientific reasons that can be proved. One of the reasons why environmentalism is different from …show more content…
For example, one of the causes that global warming is “Global sea levels have risen about 8 inches since 1870, according to the EPA, and the rate of increase is expected to accelerate in the coming years. If current trends continue, many coastal areas, where roughly half of the Earth's human population lives, will be inundated” (Bradford, “Effects of Global Warming”). The efforts that many environmentalists put on are based on the purpose of a whole living creatures in the world. In the article “Green Guilt,” Stephen T. Asma argues, “…in particular, its feelings of guilt and indignation. Environmentalism, as a substitute for religion, has come to the rescue. Nietzsche’s argument about an ideal God and guilt can be replicated in a new form: We need a belief in a pristine environment because we need to be cruel to ourselves as inferior beings, and we need that because we have these aggressive instincts that cannot be let