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April 22, 2008

Why I do not support "Earth Day."

Other than the obvious answer, "'cause it's silly," my reasons are as follows.

1. Because the philosophy inherent to earth day is in error.

1a. Because God commanded men to have dominion* over the earth, not "preserve" it.

--*Gen. 1:28
"subdue": kaw-bash' A primitive root; to tread down; hence negatively to disregard; positively to conquer, subjugate, violate: - bring into bondage, force, keep under, subdue, bring into subjection.

"dominion": raw-daw' A primitive root; to tread down, that is, subjugate; specifically to crumble off: - (come to, make to) have dominion, prevail against, reign, (bear, make to) rule, (-r, over), take.)

2. Because the Earth was made specifically for man, Ps. 115:16; though God owns it and the people on it.

4. Because mankind cannot control the earth, ie: environment, only God does. (Ps. 65:9.)

Do not mistake my meaning. Christians are to be good stewards. Earth day, by going beyond that, becomes silliness at best and heresy at the worst. You can read how Earth day goes beyond it here.

UPDATE:

Here's another great post about earth day.

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