Alive and conscious.

Editor,

The Earth is alive. The universe is alive. It is aware of its own existence and is capable of the experience of joy. Every living thing, including humans, is a manifestation of the Earth and is integral to the experience by the universe of itself.

Earth killers who espouse the theory of "intelligent design" to argue that their "God" justifies dominating, killing, and destroying living things, including the Earth, Nature, the web of life, and unarmed humans, have no idea what they are talking about. Evolution is a characteristic of the life process of the Earth. A white haired old man in the sky does not "intervene" in evolution.