This is silly.

Needed for what?

Needed by whom?

Is planet Earth "needed?"

For that matter is our entire Milky Way Galaxy "needed."

The only beings that need humans are other humans. But you could say that of most species. The only beings that need dung beetles are other dung beetles. If dung beetles were to vanish from the face of the Earth some other species would evolve to fill that evolutionary niche. A valuable resource like dung would not go untapped forever.

Of course not, but we are much more fun than trees, & we can play hide & seek. Try to get a tree to do that.

David f it seems wants to join the Maurice Strong/Prince Charles/Rothschild eugenics agenda.They want to reduce the world's pop by 4 billion very soon under their New World Order or fascist one world Govt.

Who wants to be first to be culled ? Under Obama's NDAA and the Patriot Act,you will have no rights when fully implemented.All they need is another crisis like 911.Perhaps a nuke in a major city and blame Iran or a biological attack in which the compulsory vaccine will be worse than the disease.

Our total psyche has been geared up for too many of us rats destroying pristine mother Earth so a few elites can have total control.

Yes David f, from an elite view point we are "useless eaters" That is how they refer to us now.Robots will soon replace what we can do so we are no longer useful.

If they can pull of 911 with a multitude of lies and anomalies,illegally invade many countries,strip us of any legal rights,then anything is possible if we don't take a stand.

Dear stevenlmeyer,

Of course no matter, inanimate or animate, is needed. You are correct. Our existence has no purpose unless we define a purpose. Some find it difficult to face that realisation. One reason I posted the original message is to point it out. This string or any other string is not needed either. Neither was your comment, but I appreciate your making it.

Arjay,

Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.

Dear davidf,

Thank you for the thread.

I have had on occasion accused the likes of runner of quite enormous conceit for holding the view that the world, its solar system, its galaxy and indeed the entirety of creation was formed for mankind.

Am I wrong for finding a measure of the same in the words … 'In my humble opinion there has never been a need for humans'. Is this a non-believer adopting the musing of the Gods? Perhaps a flood might be the solution.

Is there not also a deity's sense of husbandry in your words, “The sooner we become extinct the better off most other life forms will be”.

The path of our population numbers is already written, it will peak and then decline even if we do nothing. We can accelerate this only by expending more finite resources or by adopting fiercely draconian measures such as forced sterilisations, and while there may well be good arguments for doing the former the latter should always be off the table.

Ultimately solar physics condemns all life on our planet with a use by date. Humans do have the power through their actions to dictate how life on this planet will fare in the coming years. What is needed are strong messages about the beauty and fragility of the ecosystems around us rather than any Jonestown option.

Perhaps the answer lies in propagating 'a deity's sense of husbandry' in us all.

That's it, I'm off to become a Buddhist.

Just an aside, there is fairly convincing evidence that the destructive feeding habits of the African elephant, which played such a pivotal role in creating the great savannah grasslands, led directly to the extinction of numerous species. They also provided a evolutionary role of pushing our ancestors out of their trees and on to open ground where adaptations allowed us to become a highly mobile species, ultimately reaching and impacting on all parts of the globe.

"One mutating
virus will be all that it needs.
Yabby.......Dont you mean "man made" virus.

Esteele....."That's it, I'm off to become a Buddhist"...Arrrr now you see the light;)......and Hasbeen..lol....thats the most ridiculous thing I've ever read:)

And runner, well......interesting to say the least:)...lol

cc