Natural Man

There is much debate on what our role in nature is these days. To be the Jolly Green Giant fighting the machine of natural destruction is quite proper in our society. It is argued that we (man) have destroyed natural processes, have violated this mother nature person, meddling in what we don't understand and now we are suffering the consequences of those actions. And that is true. I live in Colorado and if you ever go hiking in the mountains you will see the remains of mining claims of 100 years ago that still affect the streams. Look at the Aral Sea, or what remains of it, in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It's gone, used up for irrigation to support, perhaps unnecessarily, large crop industries and is now a giant, blowing salt flat. An ecological disaster. We all know the stories of how we have affected the earth in bad ways, and as some would argue, morally wrong ways.

Death

Cautious... Careful... One step. Two steps. Closer. Lowering. Dip into the water for that long cool drink. Watch! Stop and listen! Everything is fine. Lower again. Eyes closed. Rest for a second. Feel the coolness flow down. Snap! Eye's wild. Panic. Pain. Get away! Held tight. Trapped. Frantically struggling. Can't get away! Teeth. Tearing teeth. Ripping flesh. Dripping blood. Fight! Weakness. Rolling. Rolling. Can't get away! Slower now. Can't feel. Pain. Darkness. Darker and darker. Limp. Death.

Where is God in this? Where?! Can a "God of love" possibly have a hand in this? We've all seen this scene on some national geographic show. The cute little antelope comes down to drink and is snapped up by the lurking crocodile. Does this scene prove the evilness of creation; that the curse of man is alive and well and rampant throughout?