There is a 'untouched nature is best' bias in much contemporary environmental activism. If God has "given us this earth to care for and delight in", that doesn't necessarily mean don't change anything. Nor that what we see today has not already been massively changed, with trees in some places evolving to require routine human-set fires.
There is a 'untouched nature is best' bias in much contemporary environmental activism. If God has "given us this earth to care for and delight in", that doesn't necessarily mean don't change anything. Nor that what we see today has not already been massively changed, with trees in some places evolving to require routine human-set fires.