A Christian View Of The Environment Ray Bohlin
I. Is there an environmental crisis?
o Land is being converted and habitats destroyed at an increasing rate.
o Some estimate that three species are becoming extinct every day.
o Land is being degraded by overuse of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides.
o Hazardous chemicals and wastes are finding their way into the environment.
o Pollution is rapidly ceasing to be a local problem and is becoming a global problem.
o The atmosphere's ability to regulate itself is being perturbed by excess carbon dioxide, CFC's, and other gases.
o Human cultures that know how to live in harmony with nature are rapidly disappearing.
II. Some have blamed Judeo-Christian thought for our ecological problems.
A. That man is to have rule and dominion over the earth justifies the notion that what can be done should be done.
B. Many have suggested that the problem is not technological, but philosophical. The Judeo-Christian heritage of the West must be abandoned.
III. The world views of naturalism and pantheism have been offered as substitutes.
IV. Within Is there an environmental crisis?
o Land is being converted and habitats destroyed at an increasing rate.
o Some estimate that three species are becoming extinct every day.
o Land is being degraded by overuse of fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides.
o Hazardous chemicals and wastes are finding their way into the environment.
o Pollution is rapidly ceasing to be a local problem and is becoming a global problem.
o The atmosphere's ability to regulate itself is being perturbed by excess carbon dioxide, CFC's, and other gases.
o Human cultures that know how to live in harmony with nature are rapidly disappearing.
V. Some have blamed Judeo-Christian thought for our ecological problems.
A. That man is to have rule and dominion over the earth justifies the notion that what...
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