I love Marianne very much, but this is not true. The idea that pagans had a better or more "holistic" approach to the environment is a romantic myth. Ancient peoples strip-mined, overfished, overhunted, deforested, and poisoned the land as much as Christians or Jews or Muslims.
Marianne Williamson
 @marwilliamson
22 Apr 2021
1/ In a very real way, the shift from a pagan earth-based spirituality to the patriarchal Christian notion of manโ€™s right to dominate nature was a causal factor contributing to what would one day become our environmental crisis.
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They werenโ€™t even enough of them to do what youโ€™re saying.
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Marianne, what definition are you applying to pagan? Any pre-Christian people? Did not the whole Roman Empire, which did all of the aforementioned things, qualify as pagans?
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Youโ€™re right that the Romans did not practice earth-based spirituality but many pagan religions and indigenous cultures did and do. Correct?
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I agree wholeheartedly. I just don't believe that something specifically Christian is a leading cause of environmental collapse. I think runaway capitalism and other factors have a much more dynamic impact.
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Replying to @numinouscosmos
There was a paradigmatic shift from a partnership model with nature to a dominator model! Thatโ€™s pretty huge.

Apr 22, 2021 ยท 6:49 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
All I can say is that domination of nature is bad. I personally do not think that any specific Christian manifestation of paternalism is more damaging than a non- or pre-Christian understanding of mankind's relationship with the earth.
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Again, I love you and do not want to make argue for arguments sake.