Neo,
It is quite true that nature inflicts it's own wounds, and leaves magnificent scars, such as the Grand Canyon, and Victoria Falls, but IMO, this is done by a grand design of the Creator. I think we both love nature, so our discussion is not an attempt to disagree about the importance of maintaining the quality of the Earth. I love nature regardless of the form it comes in. To me, the desert is as beautiful, in it's own way, as the forests, plains, or seas, and the abilities of the wild life to exist, and even prosper, in such an environment gives me a deep respect for the ability of life to adapt.
To take things in America back a little bit, if the white men had not invaded this hemisphere, there would be enough Indians around to cull the deer herds but, their killing of most animals, was for the purpose of food, clothing, housing, and implements. Great bison herds would still be thundering down the Great Plains keeping the grass eaten short, and limiting the incidents of wild fires. A burn off is sometimes good to replace the nitrogen in the soil of the plains, and the forests. The deer, antelope, beavers, rabbits, etc.,all had many more natural predators, to keep their populations at a reasonable level. Also, there were millions more acres of habitat for these creatures.
Hurricanes destroy a lot more because man has built a lot more in places that should have been left to perform their intended purposes. For instance, people are constantly building homes on barrier islands that are intended to protect the mainland from the brunt of the fury of a hurricane, so when the storm comes, there is a great loss of property, and sometimes life, but that is man's fault.
I don't know about the Garden in the land of Eden except for what is recorded in the Bible from oral histories handed down for millenia before writing was established. If it was as described, anywhere else would have been quite bleak in comparison.
~;=;o --haqi |
