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Letter to the Edinburgh Evening News |
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Written by Steuart Campbell
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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
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Last Updated ( Friday, 25 May 2007 )
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