Certainly, God did not give man the authority to degrade and destroy His earth. Environmentalists are correct in saying that mankind should consider and address environmental concerns. They are quite wrong, however, to blame God for the earth's ecological problems; He is not responsible for man's destruction of the natural world.…
We are destroying our environment only to change our surroundings into what we think is more esthetically pleasing. I agree with Thompson’s evaluation of the Nacerima culture and behavior. We cannot exist on only man made products. By altering our environment we are changing the quality of the very things we need for our survival. Everything that we do has an impact on something else. The cars that we conveniently drive every day are contaminating the air in which we breathe. Not convinced? Just take a look at global warming. We are responsible.…
Christians believe God as the Creator and His creation; Christian should take responsible protect the environment and become a good steward. Vincent Rossi writes in Seeing the Forest for the Trees, “Within human responsibility for earth stewardship, the care of forests and tress possesses a special place in Biblical ecology” (322). God expects man to take stewardship for His creation. If man inhabitant in the environment, therefore, man has the responsibility maintain environment. Steven Bouma-Prediger writes in Is Christianity Responsible for the Ecological Crisis,? “Since we Christians have not always been good keepers of creation, we need to begin with confession and repentance” (317). Man might fail to be a steward or without recognizing the ecological crisis. Christians can be aware of keeping the environment through education, social media, churches, and family. Christians should stand up and take the ownership back keep the environment protected from further…
This is intended as a study guide. For best results, I recommend studying all the material first, then filling out the worksheet “closed-book/notes” as if taking a test. When done, go back to your notes to check your answers.…
As stated by Erin Brokovitch - an American legal clerk and environmental activist, "We are destroying what we need to survive. It's air. It's water. When we destroy these things, we destroy ourselves.”…
The first group of experts believes that human interaction with the planet is in no way harmful. They stand on the grounds that the planet will be able to recover from any exploitation man performs on it. Earth has an automatic system to correct itself from factors that might threaten it. This homeostatic process guarantees its existence regardless of how drastic, harmful, or negative human actions might come to be. It can correct itself through balancing any harmful changes. Earth has “automatic processes to preserve itself from changes” (Moore 45).…
The environmental destruction that the world faces today is undoubtedly due to man and an anthropocentric worldview that places human needs and wants above all others. We face climate change, rising seas, ocean acidification, deforestation, massive extinction, and other devastating environmental problems because man is valued over nature. This problem is especially pronounced in Western capitalist and consumerist culture. Christianity is often cited as inherently opposed to the environmental…
Humans have been living and making modifications to the earth since the beginning of time. Looking back many years ago we can see that way of life was not as fast paced as today. However as our population continues to grow and we continue to inhabit this planet, we are subconsciously and consciously destroying our precious environment with the goal to make life easier while producing economical benefits. Even though environmentalist continue to warn us of the consequences and dangers our daily activities cause the environment, such as our over consumption of natural resources. The future of our earth remains uncertain due to the detrimental effects that arise from individuals quest for fulfilment, economic advancement…
The first reason I think this is because when we uphold anthropocentric ideals, we toss the environment to the curve, and as a result all of creation suffers. Second, I believe that when we live for exclusively our own self-interest, we only speed up the process of ecological destruction. If we shared our “stuff” and food with each other and the rest of the world, we could significantly reduce our impact. Third, I believe that even if we are ethical and environmentally conscious as individuals, it will not be enough. If one is sold on ecological salvation but still clings to individual self-interest, then they won’t have the ability to create serious and measurable change. The example of one farmer out of several deciding not to dump waste in a close by water reserve rings true to this idea. Community interaction and a removal of our attachment to our own private benefits is essential in working towards a better cleaner earth.…
In the book The Future of Life, Edward O. Wilson tells us environmentalism is a large-scale lesson in sacrifice. Some people will think when humans protecting the environment, they always need to give up something. When humans need to protect an endangered species, some people will lose their money, jobs and even their home. People will think the Earth's gain is human's lost and stop to protect the environment. However, they forget humans are themselves a part of nature. Humans cannot survive without the natural environment. Wilson follows with a cogent outline of how the environmental crisis is threatening the Earth, focusing on the rapid destruction of species we have not even begun to classify. He points out that humans' rapid growth is an unnatural cause for the demise of biodiversity. At six billion, as of October 1999, the global population is reaching a breaking point. Humans spread to everywhere in the world and cause huge damage to the environment and the native species.…
The earth has formed arduously over billions of years, going through continental drifts, volcanic eruptions and cooling, growth of organisms and successions spanning over a million years and various other processes, to become the habitable planet that it is today. There is a ‘sphere’ (hydro-, litho- or atmo-) for every living being to live in, and the entire earth belongs to every organism on earth- The ecocentric belief. It is, however, the anthropocentric and its corresponding technocentric belief that has begun what can only be called an Environmental Crisis.…
So what are the causes of the environment destruction? Global warming,ozone depletion,the loss of living species,deforestation--they all have a common cause:the new relationship between human civilization and the earth’s natural balance. The two key factors that define the physical reality of our relationship to the earth are a sudden and startling surge in human population and a sudden acceleration of the scientific and technological revolution.These contribute to the…
The Earth is under threat as it has never been before. From the activities of a world population which doubled from three to six billion in four short decades and will probably increase by three billion more. These activities are now wiping out ecosystems and species across the world.…
People do not realize destroying Mother Nature also means destroying their homes. Nature, I believe, is a very strange, if not intense and exciting miracle that frequently works in various, if unusual ways. Mother Nature can be incredibly beautiful, yet ugly. It can be gentle and yet very harsh. Nature can also be calm, and yet it can also be uncontrolled, wreaking much havoc and destruction towards anything and/or everything in its path. Unfortunately, many people are neither diplomatic enough nor educated enough to show a certain amount of healthy respect for nature, which has frequently led to disastrous results. Mother Nature is pure and it all has a time for when things are supposed to happen. Everything is supposed to remain in perfect balance, but when people are trying to fast forward into time and try to change how things are supposed to happen the balance gets destroyed. Therefore nature takes its course to try and recreate its balance, therefore destruction comes along. I was always taught that “our mother” (Mother Nature) has eyes and would seek to those who destroyed “her” grounds. I usually do not understand why people think they have the right to disrespect Mother Nature and animals. For one “our mother” provides for us, and animals help us out such as, helping developed many medicines and surgical techniques. Many…
To begin with, what is a human? A descendant of an ape? Or a creature sent to earth at the beginning of time to look after the beasts and plantation in the Garden of Eden. Just think about our taxonomical name Homo sapiens, it means a wise man and hopefully giving us that name wasn’t a mistake. Humans, the animals with the most phenomenal brain, capable of the most abstract thoughts possessing the most amazing skill of imagination, are the masters of the animal kingdom. We are almost dominant over nature. We tame the seas, and the land and many other living things but it seems that we take it all for granted. We litter the land, pollute the air, contaminate the seas and kill many living creatures, and murder is not as much crime as simple betrayal of our kind. Being a human is not only a gift but also a great responsibility. We are here to set a good example to creatures below us, but what do we do, we completely contradict our meaning to this world by showing how easy it is to destroy nature.…