PART NINE
Final Thoughts: Overpopulation of Man a Damning Problem for Eden
ALL TEXT AND PHOTOS © 2024 Marlene A. Condon
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In the 21st century, the population of the Monarch Butterfly dropped drastically, thanks in large part to the loss of Common Milkweed, its most important food source. Farming, with its use of pesticides, and development of land, along with a growing societal intolerance of “weeds”, denied Monarchs the chance to perpetuate their species. |
You now know that the Bible tells us
that all creatures were to go forth
and multiply (Chapter One) so that the Earth—unique in all the universe, as far
as we know—could then function in a self-sustaining manner for man and all of
God’s other creatures.
Because the planet was mostly uninhabited,
there was plenty of space for all life forms, including man, to fill at that
time. But even then, for this system to work properly, populations of every creature
had to be kept limited in number relative to each other, which is why a system
of checks and balances existed, even for humans.
Before modern medicine came along,
injuries and diseases shortened the life spans of both children and adults, and
giving birth was fraught with peril for women. But once man figured out how to rather
successfully get around these limiting factors, the Earth began to become
overwhelmed by his numbers. Many circumstances nowadays point to the validity
of this statement, such as the extinction of other life forms as humans have
taken over their space, and the pollution of land, sea, and air as too many people
live their lives.
Perhaps a more obvious proof is the
depletion of natural foodstuffs, bringing about the need to create artificial ones,
such as imitation vanilla, imitation crab, and imitation shrimp. Most telling
of all is the talk of now using insects as an animal protein source.
The Earth is in a state of rapidly failing
health, and is moving inexorably to the point of no longer being able to provide
the essentials necessary for our existence. We would be wise to heed a
quote from Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer, who warns us,
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” Do we
really want to continue upon our current path that will inevitably lead us to the
end of the road for mankind?
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It's easy enough to comprehend the
“prescription” that has come to us from the Bible for how man is to survive upon
the Earth because it’s so logical. God does not just expect humans to
coexist with other organisms upon the Earth; He demands it. Like it or not,
we cannot change how His system works, which tells us that an overpopulation of
humans is a damning problem for the Earth (Eden)—and ultimately, us.
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As more and more land becomes covered in buildings and
pavement, less and less land is available for wildlife habitat. The children’s
book, What Did the Tree See? (written by Charlotte Guillain and
illustrated by Sam Usher [Wellbeck Editions, London 2020]), brilliantly brings
home this fact in words and pictures: “I [the oak tree] looked at the sky as
planes roared overhead, the hedgerows were gone and the meadows were dead. But
still children came and they sat in my shade, they climbed on my branches and happily
played.” |
TOMORROW, PART TEN:
ADDENDUM—A Basic Explanation of Evolution
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