Six times God affirmed that the creation was good in His sight. The idea that man is free to destroy God's creation is at odds with God's obvious enjoyment of His creation taught in Genesis one (Deem, 2007)
True faith involves love for God and love for all God has made. It makes no sense to claim to love God while being indifferent to his world" (Hay, 2010)
There are so many of them -- billions! Surely we cannot be expected to share the planet's resources justly and sustainably with all of them. Yet the Jesus of the parable appears to disagree: he is not, it seems, interested so much in "religion," including his own, as in human well-being, beginning with the body: feeding the hungry and healing the suffering (McFague, 2001)
Further, no sane person would probably make the argument that treating the Earth like a dumpster is ever alright. However, the motives and lengths to which the Earth revered can be taken too far, can be done for the wrong reasons and is not always the right way to live (Bible Hub, 2015)
Further, no sane person would probably make the argument that treating the Earth like a dumpster is ever alright. However, the motives and lengths to which the Earth revered can be taken too far, can be done for the wrong reasons and is not always the right way to live (Bible Hub, 2015)
Some Christians will go beyond that and will clean up the messes of others including litter on the side of the road, a stray cup blowing in the wind and so on. Some litter is unintentional but there are many people, Christians and non-Christians alike, who are not environmental stewards (Borba, 2015)
The amount of dedication should be reasonable yet not too over the top. Of course, the definition of "reasonable" will tend to mean different things to different people (DeWitt, 2015)
Further, God himself put the Earth on a high pedestal. For example, one of the stated reasons for the Sabbath, the day of rest, is to allow the Earth to "rest" (Does God Exist, 2015)
In order, there are basically six facets, those being a claim, ground for the claim, a warrant, backing, rebuttal/observation and qualification (SDSU, 2015). The claim, of course, is that Christians should be protectors and stewards of the environment rather than be indifferent or even intentionally abusive towards it, at least to the extent that they can personally control and regulate what is around them (Merritt, 2015)
However, Christians do not know when that day is coming as God himself has said that we will not know when it is coming. As such, Christians need to recognize that the planet has persisted for millions and billions of years before they existed and that shall persist, at least for a time, after they are gone (Old Earth, 2015)
The references in the Bible that relate to taking care of the environment come early and often and are impossible to miss. For example, Genesis 2:15 says "the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work and keep it" (Open Bible, 2015)
Many would say that this is an example of a false idol and thus an example of how not to live and believe. Wiccans in particular could be referred to in this way because they "have great reverence for the Earth and for their Goddess and her consort, the horned God" (Religious Tolerance, 2015)
As this report goes on, the Toulmin model will be detailed step-by-step along with an answer to each piece as the report goes along. In order, there are basically six facets, those being a claim, ground for the claim, a warrant, backing, rebuttal/observation and qualification (SDSU, 2015)