Genesis and Ecology
[Outside Reading]
Genesis 1:26
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
In this creation myth of the world from the Christian faith it sets up a power hierarchy that reflects the traditional Christian view of the extra-human. This comparison to God, gives them a god complex as being above the other and not being equal to the wilderness. This view translates to the United States now, since it is a predominantly christian culture, as we see the disconnectedness from nature and lack of importance placed on the other. Ruling over the earth gives human an increased salience of self that is reflected in individualist cultures.
Genesis 1:26
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
In this creation myth of the world from the Christian faith it sets up a power hierarchy that reflects the traditional Christian view of the extra-human. This comparison to God, gives them a god complex as being above the other and not being equal to the wilderness. This view translates to the United States now, since it is a predominantly christian culture, as we see the disconnectedness from nature and lack of importance placed on the other. Ruling over the earth gives human an increased salience of self that is reflected in individualist cultures.
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