Biblical Environmentalism

I'm ending my environmentalism trilogy with a Biblical perspective on the environment.

"Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.' " - Genesis 1:26 Dominion means "supreme authority : SOVEREIGNTY" - Merriam-Webster OnLine. Now although, man has "supreme authority" over all animals, and the earth, we should be good stewards of what God has given us. We can, eat meat, and wear animal skins, but we should do what we can to conserve our natrual resources (Recycling, Energy Conservation, etc).

However I feel environmentalism shouldn't be a Christians primary goal. If anyone can see you're an environmentalist, don't notice you are a Christian, you are in a pretty sorry state.
-Black White

Tree-Sitting

CNN did a story on John Quigley being evicted from a tree. Not something you hear everyday. This tree-sitter was chained up in "Old Glory" for 71 days, trying to stop it being removed, by a developer trying to widen the road. He was fed and his cellphone charged by other protesters, that slept below the tree, until a fence was setup, and they were ordered to clear the area. Also at this time John was served with a trespassing lawsuit, but refused to leave until he was physically evicted.

These people took a stand on what they believed was right, and they made a difference (now it appears it will be moved). Although, he did stay after he was served with a trespassing lawsuit, which if I remember right, trespassing is illegal.

If a teacher is willing to sit in a tree for over 3 months, why don't we as Christians take a stand for what we believe is right more often?
- Black White

Enviromental Arson

CNN wrote on the Earth Liberation Front (site purposely not listed) taking responsibility for setting fire to a SUV (maybe because they get less MPG than cars). Their site gives advice on arson, because "The exploitation and destruction of the environment affects all of us - some people enough to take direct action in defense of the earth" - Earth Liberation Front Website. Their goal is "To inflict economic damage on those profitting from the destruction and exploitation of the natural environment" - Earth Liberation Front Website. So they feel arson and vandalism are okay to defend the earth? How would this help any way? All the pollution from BURNING SUVs I'd think is worse than the emissions of the vehicle over it's lifetime, then insurance covers it (they did have fire insurance right?!?), and they get a new SUV. The outcome is they just released bad pollution, and an insurance company is out the price of an SUV.

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) needs to remove their domain name.
- Black White

This is my first blog post.
I look forward to posting much more.
- Black White