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To: SkyPilot
"As stewards of God’s creation, we are called to make the earth a beautiful garden for the human family."

I guess my copy of the Ten Commandments is defective. It says nothing about being stewards of God's creation. Furthermore, the commandment "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" directly prohibits the worship of created things (trees, rocks, animals, astronomical bodies, or another human being.)

In the same article: "Paul the Apostle identifies the worship of created things (rather than the Creator) as the cause of the disintegration of sexual and social morality in his letter to the Romans."

At most one could point at this quote:

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
But this still does not imply stewardship. It talks about complete ownership of all the Earth's biosphere by humans, wisely or not, as God did not add "as long as your actions are good for the climate."

This does not mean, of course, that humans shouldn't keep their home clean. I do my best with my house; however I do not worship my house, and certainly I'm not going to sacrifice my needs in order to protect this tile or that area of wall paint. If necessary, I will damage them today and repair them tomorrow. This process does not require involvement of the Pope; at most I call a contractor.

42 posted on 01/18/2015 4:10:01 PM PST by Greysard
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To: Greysard

In no way did he suggest that rocks or plants or whatever should be worshiped. Jeesh!


46 posted on 01/18/2015 4:18:43 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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