The following is an excerpt from the chapter:

When talking of the universe and God there is a tendency to assume that they are infinite because it places each beyond normal comprehension in a world where everything else has limits. If we are in some small way related to God the duration of our life is a measure of our size and importance, and world population (estimated or otherwise) is an indication of how fragmented He has become and how little we each reflect the original spirit. In the beginning salvation was assured by living a virtuous life based on little more than what we expect of our own children. But as children all we learn about the nature of God is the bigotry of the religion into which we have been born, reinforced by the constitutions and laws imposed by leaders who have at best been elected by a minority and at worst acceded the throne by way of their own force or that of their ancestors. We fear more the men who have chosen to administer His work than we do His words. We treat prayer like a tax on what little time we have left each day, spending as much as is required by our beliefs to stay within the definition of our religion, yet expecting everything to be repaid ten-fold when we need it most. When we say that we have done nothing wrong in our lives what we mean is that we haven’t sinned when we should have done everything that was right. And we expect to get into Heaven.

If you find that a bit too theological to swallow, consider man’s physical relationship with the Earth. Gone are the days when each man nurtured as much of the earth as he could tend in providing food for his family to live. He has become indifferent to the effort required to grow crops, the suffering of animals bred for slaughter, or the damage over-production has on the soil, just so long as the food is plentiful, cheap and easy to obtain. He gives nothing but money in return. The work he engages in to make the most money is of least benefit to the Earth and the majority of its inhabitants. He hoards money in the hope there will be enough for tomorrow never knowing if he will live to spend it. When he dies his family buy a box in which to store his rotting corpse rather than let the Earth take back what little he has left to give.