The question of how the world and human kind has come into existence has been a topic of studies, research, faith, and discussion for a long time. But, perhaps one of the bigger questions is one of what humankind had to do with it. Many people have many different ideas concerning our role in creation. Some of these ideas and beliefs are based upon cultural beliefs, religion, or science.
The theological documentation of one’s religion or faith is a wonderful source for someone. For instance the Bible has many references in Psalms and John to the story of creation that can be found in the book of Genesis. One can interpret the creation story told there in many ways. One of those is that “man” or humankind didn’t have a role in the creation. Another is that we as humans had some control but not a lot. We as humans may no
As stated in Job, we don’t have control of the environment. We have a role in the environment. Our job is to use what we have responsibly and to take control of making sure we are being responsible with the environment. Thus, humanity does not have control of the creation but we have a duty and responsibility to take care of it and make the necessary adjustments to protect it. Since we are the biggest and strongest being on the planet we are essentially a gardener for God’s garden. While we do reap some benefit from the garden it is our job to make sure things continue to grow and flourish.
However, the articles mentioned above are only taking the parts of the Bible that back up this theory literally. Job 39 is a section where God is yelling at Job for thinking he controls the environment. We do have some control but not total control. God tells Job that he is in no position to have total control of the world/environment. God states some of the things that he has created and
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