As humans, we tend to get caught up in all the world has to offer and often consume and exploit it. We may not always be consciously aware of this, but it happens to be a fact and way of life within our society. Through this unconscious exploitation, we end up harming the ecosystems and beauty that God has surrounded us with. Because Christians have earned the label of not always dabbling with the thoughts and research scientists develop, we have been labeled a major cause of the ecological crisis occurring in our world today.
If we are going to try and maintain the the ability to seek and learn from God through nature, we need to seriously consider promoting the harmony of science and faith and not make each mutually exclusive. Science has wonderful concepts to offer our world, as does faith. We must be willing to bridge the gap. Science combined with theological understanding is a force that can help combat both emotional and physical scenarios. Without these two being synchronized dance partners, each is limited to certain areas and ways of perception. Religion without acknowledging the current progression of science is looked at as primal and not “up to speed” with the human mind. Science without religion lacks the integrity of the moral compass.
When we combine each of these aspects and work toward a common goal, especially in the area of ecology, we will be able to sustain and promote a healthy and sustainable earth. Pointing fingers and classifying someone as the culprit of the negative will become impossible. Existence will find a harmony within itself, it wont be corrupted by disagreements but will be united by an understanding of how much more power a bond between perception has compared to one single mindset being exclusive to itself. We must look at the world through a system of understanding: How does the world work? What ought to be? Then because of each of this, what must we do? This is science, ethics, and praxis respectively (Dewitt 33, The Good in Nature and Humanity). When we combine these three, we can reach a point as a civilization that extends itself past one narrow minded perspective. Each are reliant on each other to truly have the world work harmoniously. When we allow that to happen, build a bridge between two respectable ways of perception, we progress forward and expand the potential of civilization.
