Exploitation To Conservation
Posted by David on October 20, 2007
Exploitation to Conservation
Environmental concerns and issues on how short-term profit-driven motives are leaving a legacy of waste and abuse will not only have to be dealt with by our children’s children but will be a self evident testimony to our present day lifestyle millions of years in the future. This complex and many-faceted issue is addressed here.
Pollution and wanton ecological devastation seem to be hallmarks of our ever-increasing insatiable drive for “progress”. Mountain top removal coal mining in the Appalachian area of the S.E. United States must rank among the highest examples of this all too common practice.
It is a basic well understood fact: the Environment can only support so much animal life or tolerate so much destruction. When the ecosystem collapses all life will lose out, including ourselves. Yet, though we have the power to inflict mass destruction, we also have the potential to be a positive aid to the natural order we depend on.
Many religious traditions teach mankind has been given the gift of discernment. Not only do we have an intellect and power of reason unique to the Earth we call home but Holy Scriptures tell us we were “created in the image of God”. Furthermore, we were “created to know and to worship God”.
My faith compels me to see us as future servants of God and His creation. Our destiny is none other than to establish an ever-advancing civilization. Indeed, we are at the threshold of a golden age in which we shall continue to grow and evolve in higher virtues, acquiring a global perspective, a vision of the oneness of God and the oneness of Man. The issues of how we are exploiting the Earth and ourselves shall somehow be resolved.
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David
October 20, 2007 at 9:44 pm
David,
I applaud your conservationist attitude. Unfortunately, one of the other problems with scripture has to do with the command of god’s to ‘be fruitful and multiply.’ Nothing has caused greater problems on this planet. In fact, I have posted a challenge on my blog to name a major world problem that would still exist if the total population of humans was just 6 million. Thus far, I have gotten responses, but no real answer. The problems we face are tremendous. Most have many causes. Most would be minor problems if not for the fact that we are way beyond the sustainable human population for the planet.