>Well, I don't want to invest too much in this interpretation of
>scripture, but the main point of it is not about food so much as
>it is about humanity's general mode of existence in relation to
>the other creatures of the world.  In Quinn's terms, agriculture
>initiated a "declaration of war" in which the world becomes a
>place to be conquered and enslaved to needs of an expanding food
>supply and human population.

Yes, agriculture now and then was/is a deceleration of war.
It need not be so.  That is what permaculture is about.

>
>In short, what we eat is a consequence of how we live.
yup
>
>It should be obvious, however, that Quinn doesn't view Genesis as
>the word of God, so it would be a mistake to think of him as
>proposing a *theology* of the transition from HG to agriculture.
>For Quinn, "God's viewpoint" doesn't enter into it at all.  On
>the contrary, in his philosophy the very idea of God's viewpoint
>has been one of the tools that agriculture-based civilization has
>used to supplant pre-agricultural societies.

Again, a major difference in world view.  Oh, well, variety is the
spice of life.

>
>Todd Moody
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