I am mostly quoting ChatGpt, so you may want to take that up with Bill Gates.
"Circle of Life" is a concept popularized by Disney's animated movie "The Lion King." The idea is that all living things are interconnected and part of a larger cycle of birth, growth, death, and rebirth.
In the movie, the character Mufasa explains to his son Simba that everything in the savannah is connected and that every living thing has a role to play in the ecosystem. When Mufasa dies, Simba eventually realizes that he must take his place in the "circle of life" and restore balance to the savannah.
The concept of the "circle of life" is rooted in many indigenous and traditional cultures, which believe that all living things are connected and part of a larger web of life. It emphasizes the importance of respecting and protecting the natural world, and recognizing the interdependence of all living beings.
Disney uses archetypes in "The Lion King" to illustrate the concept of the "circle of life" in a way that is accessible to a wide audience, including young children. The archetypes used in the movie include the wise elder (Mufasa), the young hero (Simba), and the villain (Scar), among others. These archetypes help to create a universal story that resonates with viewers and reinforces the message of the "circle of life."
I think your descriptions such as in this post and posts 1 and 2 above for example are accurate and well written. I notice you are not trying to proselytize a competing religion of the 'circle of life' for example (which of course doing so would break a site rule of CF, and get removed I expect), but instead you are giving a description of that belief/idea.
Like as if someone gave a clinical description of Islam, laying out it's key beliefs and attitudes, without endorsing them, nor trying to get anyone to convert to Islam.
It would be a service, in that I think for instance I have only a very partial knowledge of Islam, certainly more than nothing, and with one or two insights, but far less than I could get. So, for example, if I wanted to try to help those caught up in Islam to learn about Christ, it would be best and needed that I learn more about Islam, just like Paul in Athens in Acts 17 went around Athens for a while just studying the culture and beliefs, so as to better be able to communicate with Athenians.
So, it's a service to others to give a good and accurate description of belief systems that are around, to help us better learn how to talk with the occasional person to whom that belief is not merely a decorative thing, but instead has become for them their replacement/substitute for God, depriving them of a chance at what is better.
Of course, very few people, perhaps far less than 1%, will watch the Lion King and then make it into a religion.
Those that do are perhaps like people that watch a movie with shooting, and then it helps them make guns and shooting into a religion -- people can indeed make a religion out of almost anything, even trees in and of themselves, without any other reference, just trees. I think I was with a person once long ago for a minute (I got around to explore many things back then) for whom having a ceremony at a tree was a thing, because it was a tree. It was some kind of nature belief thing it seems like.
