The relationship between human beings and the earth is an increasingly complicated one.
Every day there are stories about pollution, global warming and animal species facing extinction.
Although human beings are seen as the most intelligent life form on the earth, they are responsible for almost all the damage which has been done to the planet. If we compare the earth to a person who is 46 years old, all the damage done by people has taken place in the last minute. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground. They have to make their own decisions about how to do this. Move on The Bible has very little else to say about the environment.