Both religion and the environment have both been around
since the beginning of time. To many it may seem that one’s environmental
awareness and religion should be two separate things, but for me it is hard to separate
them. The piece I read in Roger S. Gottlieb’s This sacred earth: religion, nature, environment about religion in
an environmental crisis reinforced my thoughts.
Gottlieb points out that a bible verse that calls man the “master
of the earth”. I think it would be hard for anyone to disagree with this statement.
Man does have the power to shape the earth and make it what he wants it to be. In general each religion has a sort of higher
power or god, in the case a Christianity God is the one who created the earth
for us to live on. So as a follower of this religion it would make sense that
you would want to take care of and protect what God gave you, forcing religion
and environmentalism to be very deeply connected.
This sacred earth: religion, nature, environment (page 8-11)
I believe what you say about being a follower of religion we should take care and think of what God gave us as sacred. Also I believe that they should not be thought of as separate.
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