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1 | Christian Ecology | Gen 1:28 | Lionstrong | 63176 | ||
Gen. 1:28 And God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." My wife and I were talking this morning. Depressed with all the murder and mayhem she saw on the news yesterday, she asked, “What would we be doing if there had been no Fall?” My thoughts jumped to the verse above, and then as thoughts go, it jumped to other things. Subdue God says, subdue the earth, not destroy it. Christian ecology: Francis A. Schaeffer has an easy read on the subject, Pollution and the Death of Man: The Christian View of Ecology. I recommend it to you. Peace, |
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2 | Christian Ecology | Gen 1:28 | Emmaus | 63531 | ||
Lionstrong and Hank, This is an interesting subject and I can relate to the feelings expressed by Lionstrong and his wife. This post and Hank's other response about Dakes and the dictionary made me go to my own Mirriam-Websters. I always had a nagging question in the back of my mind why man would be told to "subdue" the earth before the Fall when all creation was in its proper order and balance. "Subdue" in the common meaning seemed to indicate nature was out of control already before the Fall. Interestingly the fourth and last definitions given for "subdue" was "to till or cultivate (land)." No indication of struggle there. Of course after the Fall subdue took on some of the common implications of struggling to "subdue" as well. Francis Schaeffer was an interesting writer. I wouldn't mind a brief review of his book also. Emmaus |
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