Topic > The misunderstanding of man's relationship with nature

“11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, grass yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit according to its kind, the seed of which is in itself , on earth: and so it was. (The Bible, Genesis. 1-11) God created the earth with everything in it, from minerals to rocks to plants and animals. He also created nature in a unique way. Subsequently, God created humans and gave them dominion over other species and creations. “28 And God blessed them, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over all living creatures. thing that moves on the earth." (The Bible, Genesis. 1-28) God created all of these for humans to use as resources to survive. However, He implied that we should not destroy the nature on which we depend for survival, we should use it wisely and we should also protect it to preserve the ecosystem. However, humans misunderstand this concept and are destroying nature. “The history of man's efforts to subjugate nature is also the history of man's subjugation of man.” (Horkheimer 72) We use it wrongly, immaturely. We use it as if it could never be destroyed. There are negative consequences of this prevailing ideology towards nature. Without nature we cannot create anything; therefore, we cannot survive. “The worker cannot create anything without nature, without the external sensitive world. It is the matter in which his work is carried out…” (Marx 325) However, when we create things from nature, we lose direct contact with nature itself. We are only exposed to the things we have done. “In the physical sense man lives only on these natural products, whether in the form of nourishment, heating, lump…… of paper medium…… it, then we will begin to understand nature, how it works and what the solutions would be effective in stopping the destruction of the earth. Works Cited Diamond, Jared. The end of Easter Island. Grinnell, Richard. Science and Society: A Reader of Longman Arguments. November 3, 2006. Print. Pages 164-174 Heat: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/heat/view/Horkheimer, Max. “Nature's revolt”. From the eclipse of reason. (The Continuum Publishing Company. New York, NY: 2004). Page 72.Leopoldo, Aldo. Think like a mountain. Grinnell, Richard. Science and Society: A Reader of Longman Arguments. November 3, 2006. Print. Pages 132-135Marx, Karl. Economic and philosophical manuscripts. From the first writings. Translated by Rodney Livingstone and Gregory Benton. (Penguin Books. New York, NY: 1992) Pages 325-331. Poisoned Waters: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/view/