Religion and Relationship with Nature Flashcards
(8 cards)
What influences how people treat their environment?
People’s treatment of the environment depends on their perception of their relationship with nature.
How do Australian Aborigines view their connection to nature?
They feel a strong connection to nature, seeing themselves as part of a greater entity that includes all living and non-living things.
What do the Aborigines believe about the Creation Ancestors?
They believe the Creation Ancestors created the landscape and the first people, leaving their spirits in various elements of nature.
What happens to the spirits of the Creation Ancestors?
Some spirits became stones, hills, mountains, birds, fish, animals, plants, and humans.
What does it mean for Aborigines to destroy the land?
To destroy the land means to destroy oneself, as the land is an inseparable part of man.
What is the Aborigines’ belief about sacred sites?
They believe that damaging a sacred site threatens both the living and the spiritual inhabitants of the land.
What type of relationship do Aborigines have with nature?
They have a symbiotic relationship with nature, based on mutual dependence.
What is the lifestyle of the Aborigines?
They are hunters and gatherers who live off the harsh desert land.
