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Letter to the Edinburgh Evening News PDF Print E-mail
Written by Steuart Campbell   
Saturday, 19 May 2007
Sir,

Kirk convener Morag Mylne thinks that the Christian view is that God didn't create the Earth for us 'to do with as we please' ('Energy is an ethical dilemma', 15 May). Perhaps she's forgotten God's instruction to Adam and Eve that they should have dominion over every creature and subdue the earth (Gen. 1:28). According to this Jewish tradition, God made the earth for mankind to exploit. So why does a Christian think that the Earth was not created for mankind's benefit? And if not for that purpose, for what purpose?

In particular, how did God think we were going to generate electricity and how did he think we could do it without having any environmental effect? Perhaps he didn't care; that was up to us. As for nuclear power, a theist could argue that uranium, which has no use except for making bombs or generating electricity, was created by God for those very purposes.

Steuart Campbell, Dovecot Loan, Edinburgh

Last Updated ( Friday, 25 May 2007 )
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