re pantheism environmentalism in article apr athos rutgers edu by cleveland freenet edu gary v cavano writes i m new to this group and maybe this has been covered already but does anybody out there see the current emphasis on the environment being turned unintentionally of course into pantheism yes i am adamantly an environmentalist i will not use styrofoam table service please keep that in mind as you read this post i do not wish to attack environmentalism a half truth is at least as dangerous as a complete lie a complete lie will rarely be readily accepted while a half truth the lie subtly hidden is more powerfully offered by one who masquerades as an angel of light satan has for some people loosened the grip on treating the earth as something other than god s intricate handiwork something other than that on which the health of future generations is based it is being treated with respect you think he s going to happily leave it at that no when one error is rejected it is his style to push people to the opposite error therefore the earth is not god s intricate handiwork not because it is rubbish but because it is god mother earth is the one you are to primarily love and serve i see two facets of a response to it care for the environment treat it with proper respect both because it is god s intricate handiwork and the health of future generation and because showing the facet of one who is disregardful of such things does not constitute what the apostle paul called becoming all things to all men so that by all possible means i might save some don t say forget the environment i ve got important things to spend my time on putting your foot in your mouth in this manner will destroy your credibility in expressing the things that are more important show that it is not the ultimate entity that it is creature and not creator show that its beauty and glory points to a greater beauty and glory show that it is not the ultimate tapestry but one of many cords woven in the infinite tapestry god give me mountains but the greatest jonathan hayward to climb and the of these is love jonathan hayward wheaton edu strength for climbing i corinthians jhayward imsa edu
