Re: ecology & Christianity

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From: Jeffrey Shallit
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:49

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In article <C17zJ0.53J@ecf.toronto.edu> pelton@ecf.toronto.edu (PELTON MATTHEW ALAN) writes:
>But the idea of dominion has been abused
>by many Christians, and I think the author of the original quote believed that
>the best way to remedy this situation would be to get rid of the idea being
>abused.  Not that I necessarily agree with her.

Try "him".  Lynn White, Jr. is a man.

Jeff Shallit

"[W]e shall continue to have a worsening ecologic crisis until
we reject the Christian axiom that nature has no reason for
existence save to serve man."

	-- Lynn White, Jr., "The Historical Roots of Our 
	Ecologic Crisis", Science V. 155 No. 3767 (10 March 1967),
	pp. 1203-1207.

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