re pantheism environmentalism in article apr athos rutgers edu mcovingt aisun ai uga edu michael covington writes in article apr athos rutgers edu heath athena cs uga edu terrance heath writes i realize i m entering this discussion rather late but i do have one question wasn t it a reagan appointee james watt a pentacostal christian i think who was the secretary of the interior who saw no problem with deforestation since we were living in the last days and ours would be the last generation to see the redwoods anyway i heard the same thing but without confirmation that he actually said it it was just as alarming to us as to you the bible says that nobody knows when the second coming will take place michael a covington i do recall watt making a comment to this effect though it was quite a few years back and i can t cite the specifics i also recall that cecil andrus who was secretary of the interior during the carter administration responded to watt s comments by pointing out the stewardship role that god gave to man as recorded in genesis which makes me wonder who are the true conservatives it seems to me that a conservative should want to conserve things of value for long term societal benefit this form of conservation should logically extend to the physical environment in which people live as well as the moral environment in which they relate to one another and to god imho watt s stewardship status is not enhanced by the fact that he served on the board of directors for jim bakker s organization during a time in which bakker committed criminal acts which eventually landed bakker in federal prison bob rgolder hoh mbl edu just another baptist
