Religion and the Environment

Jane's lecture was really interesting. Looking at the environment from the different religions and seeing there point of view about the environment. I got the impression that they were all utilitarian points of view. Chaos was tamed for us to reign yet we are also responsible to take care of nature. From the book of Genesis Jane talked about Adam and Eve making a bad choice and why did they do this. I think it really echos how the general population sees the environment. It was brought up on how Adam and Eve made a bad choice because they didn't value what they had and they also didn't understand the consequence of their choice. But it leaded us back into chaos with their disobedience. I think it was also interesting when she talked about the Eastern views and the Law of karma. What we fix today will be something we will not have to fix in the next lifetime. I also thought the Hindu religion was interesting on how it sees how the world was created.