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GENA WALLING Staff Writer
"God doesn't live the way most people
believe He does. He exists in eveiy
living thing. He is the forest, the animals
and in us. Nature is God."
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fabrics, Cynthia Tindall from
North Carolina taught environmental
education at a leadership center
in Summerton, S.C. She said sees nature
as much more than just beautiful.
Tindall's feelings about nature
are not new; man's
worship of nature has
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once was a force to
fear, is now something
to treasure. Is environmentalism a
religion? Probably not. People from
all backgrounds support the environmentalist
movement. It is the background
that shapes the position.
Some people believe Christianity
opposes environmentalism, but Michael
Wise from Orangeburg said, "When
we look at God's creation, we must
see the beauty and the perfection of
it Everything has its place. God originally
put us here to tend IBs garden,
and I think we should continue to do
that."
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Mark Long, a Christian environmentalist,
explains, "Christians get I
defensive when environmentalists
ask us to chose nature over humans.
The human race should take responsibility
for itself, but when the choice |
comes down to man or animal, man
should be hrst."
Tindall does not agree. She said, .
"We are arrogant to think that we I
should come first or that our rights
supercede those of animals or nature
because of our high
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know if we are the
most intelligent, and I
what is intelligence
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nothing more important
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Lee from _
Georgia shares his I
view of God in nature, "When I climb
to the top of a mountain and gaze at
the beauty of creation, I may not know
who God is, but I know that He's
there."
John Carmody in "Ecology and Religion"
wrote, "The mystery of [nature]
beckons the mind of God, the
providence of God, the original comprehensive
act that envisioned all
creatures' endless correlations."
No matter who God is to you, it
can be said that nature brings us clos
er to Him. Its beauty and viciousness
leaves us in wonder of it all.
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getting back to school next semester. But he
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Keeney, on the other hand, said he always worries
out exams and the added pressure of registration
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it the classes I want makes me nervous," he said.
To combat this, Keeney said he watches cartoons,
its a lot of sleep during the day and drinks a lot of
ountain Dew. Keeney said his residence hall last seester
would have quiet hours and stress breakers
iring exams.
"We would just sit in the lobby and talk and ran
ound the halls screaming during our one hour that
asn't a quiet hour," Keeney said. "I try and spread
yself out enough time, and this semester a couple of
iends and I have gone out to dinner and gone for
alks at night."
Mohn said the biggest key to preventing stress is
anning ahead. Gagnon takes the "alternative" plan
i dealing with his stress.
"I drink a lot and sleep more," he said.
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