Ishmael: Religion and Agriculture Destructive Towards Man’s Future

Ishmael: Religion and agriculture are destructive to the future of mankind, human beings are living hunters and gatherers from the beginning, hunting animals, living in the land around them. This way of living is thought to live in the hands of the gods. It means that God decides the destiny of humanity, including who should live, who should die, and what resources he can get. As a result, humans are considered to be equivalent to animals, and no one is more powerful than anyone else.

Religion is an important topic of Moby Dick of Herman Melville. Narrator Ishmael compares the story in the Bible with a story in his own journey (like a big flood). He saw Noah's journey in the ark as free as Ismail leaves from New York at Pequod. This novel also deals with religious tolerance. Ishimaer decided that human religion should be tolerated, no matter how stupid it looks. Because people are more important to worship God than God. He further believes that he decided to work with people of different religions, which is important for his survival on board.

Ishmael: Religion and agriculture are destructive to the future of mankind, human beings are living hunters and gatherers from the beginning, hunting animals, living in the land around them. This way of living is thought to live in the hands of the gods. It means that God decides the destiny of humanity, including who should live, who should die, and what resources he can get. - I agree with Jared Diamond that the geographical advantage of the Europeans conquered the Spanish conquerors. Due to the geographical location in Europe, the country at that time was able to develop weapons and equipment of those days. Another advantage comes from the Chinese in the form of gunpowder and Arab people's technique used to make guns.

Then Ishmael discussed the story of the origins of Genesis - Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel - and explored the meaning of the Turkish story and how it historically opposed the left wing civilization. He stated that the story of "human depravity" was actually developed by Lebanese and to explain why Takers came to behave as if they were possessing the world He insists. As Adam ate a tree of knowledge, he believed he learned "Who should live, who should die" even if he did not receive such information (160). Then the story represents a mistake in the development of a taker after agriculture, ie they dominate the earth equal to or greater than the gods. The fact that I learned this knowledge has not risen, but it is evident in the decline of humanity.