text: Wanting to live is really not news.  That's a very old notion.  Charles Darwin had a few ideas on the subject as does the Pope and the Dali Lama.  Science and religion do converge at one single point.  We do the business of conservation for the sake of humanity.  Their are those that say that blessed are the meek they shall will inherit the earth, Matt 5:5.  But what exactly are the meek people inheriting,   Webster says the meek are people that are quiet and willing to go along, maybe even timid.  One biblical version of meek is defined as power under control.  As in, Jesus described himself as the meek and lowly.  Jesus and his group eventually brought down the Roman empire.  Not an easy task and probably the result of unintended consequences.  This planet has been rotating around its star for at least 4.5 billion years.  The reality is that the planet does not really care about people. Humans may be a minor, short term, inconvenience for the planet in the cosmic sense.  Inherit?