To: Mark was here
Back when I could bend around the rocks I did some caving down there. I remember when a new entrance was found to a known cave system. It had a beautiful glistening white flowstone "glacier" just inside the entrance. When walking across it to get to the other side we all took out boots off to keep it white. Alas, with so many wanting to get to the other side, in time it became just as muddy as the rest of the cave.
They say that man always kills the things he loves. This is especially true with wilderness beauty. We always want to see and experience that beauty but when too many have seen and experienced, it is no longer beautiful.
25 posted on
09/24/2006 5:07:24 PM PDT by
oldfart
(The most dangerous man is the one who has nothing left to lose.)
To: oldfart
All this splendor will not even compare to the new heaven and new earth.
Which will not be under the curse of sin.
To see and hear the stars sing out the glory of God will be a marvelous site to see and hear.
Like this cave not all people will be able to enjoy His Majesty
To: oldfart
They say that man always kills the things he loves. This is especially true with wilderness beauty. We always want to see and experience that beauty but when too many have seen and experienced, it is no longer beautiful.
The owners of the cave would desire to wear booties to keep their cave clean.
If some folks had their way only the elites would be able to enjoy caves like Carlsbad Caverns.
30 posted on
09/24/2006 5:49:57 PM PDT by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: oldfart
"They say that man always kills the things he loves. This is especially true with wilderness beauty. We always want to see and experience that beauty but when too many have seen and experienced, it is no longer beautiful."
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Say oldfellow, who is this "they" that say? Certainly not anyone who thinks.
To quote Nietzsche paraphrasing Zoroaster addressing the morning Sun from the entrance of his mountain cave...
"Thou Great Star! What would be thou Glory if thou had not those upon whom thou shiniest!"
In other words...
If the most beautiful Jewel on Earth was laying unseen in the dark of the deepest ocean, it would have no beauty. The giver of beauty is only found in the eyes of man.
Some of the Park people and some of the Cave Research people seem to like caves and wilderness more than they like mankind. How stupid.
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