IN the NEWS - Whales, Rivers & Volcanos Granted "Personhood"

And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 

Romans 1:23

--Whether elevating animals (and apparently rivers and volcanos) up to a godlike status (via Paganism) or degrading humans to be on par with a whale (via Darwinian thinking) the world is truly going mad in the 21st century of "Enlightened man".

"The king of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori people has signed a ‘Declaration for the Ocean’ that calls for whales to be granted legal personhood as part of a plan to protect them. 

The declaration reportedly recognizes the mammals as legal persons with the inherent right to freedom of movement, natural behavior, and expression of their unique cultures. 

Whales have traditionally had cultural significance for the Maori as supernatural beings and as harbingers of spiritual growth. 

Some tribes see the mammals as the descendants of Tangaroa, the god of the ocean. 

The move to grant whales personhood would not be without precedent. 

In 2017, New Zealand passed a groundbreaking law granting personhood status to the Whanganui River and Mount Taranaki volcano, both of which are important to the Maori people." 

RT