

   >	I realize I'm entering this discussion rather late, but I do
   >have one question. Wasn't it a Reagan appointee, James Watt, a
   >pentacostal christian (I think) who was the secretary of the interior
   >who saw no problem with deforestation since we were "living in the
   >last days" and ours would be the last generation to see the redwoods
   >anyway?

   I heard the same thing, but without confirmation that he actually said it.
   It was just as alarming to us as to you; the Bible says that nobody knows
   when the second coming will take place.