Commissioned by the Vatican amidst their own scathing reviews, Avatar is now being denounced by the holy authority for "flirting with modern doctrines that promote the worship of nature as a substitute for religion."
[Avatar] gets bogged down by a spiritualism linked to the worship of nature." [It] "cleverly winks at all those pseudo-doctrines that turn ecology into the religion of the millennium."
While doing its best to reenforce the idea of environmentalism in its followers, the Vatican seems overly concerned with introducing the notion of nature neopaganism. As immersive as the world of Avatar must be, I can imagine a few more pressing issues that the Vatican should focus its attention on.
I suppose that the Vatican does have a few things to worry about. After all, if a few feeble minded individuals convert to neopaganism after watching the movie, we may all be doomed—"neopagans often feel a duty to protect the Earth through activism, and support causes such as rainforest protection, organic farming, permaculture, animal rights [etc.]"
Oh no!
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The Vatican is concerned with the worship or nature because it believes that nature is God's 'creation' and not God him/her/itself. They object to this psuedo-doctrine of neopaganism for various, philosophical reasons, hence their concern with "nature [being] no longer a creation to defend, but a divinity to worship".
That is problematic for Monotheistic theology. Would you care to explore why? Or do you simple-mindedly conclude that their stance is ridiculous for no other reason than you just don't like it. It's a fine RAmenian argument, but it won't fly in your philosophy classes.
Overcome your sentimental social atheism! Our universe is much more rich, complex, and awe-inspiring than wikipedia!!
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