Lewis Mumford wrote that modern man has operated under the delusion that humanity could use science and invention to “fabricate an artificial world infinitely more wonderful than that nature has provided.” (Mumford. The Pentagon of Power. p. 11). Mumford believed that this delusion contributed to man’s attitude of waste and misuse of natural resources.
If Mumford was correct, the implications are even more serious for the Christian. For the Christian, it would not be a waste rooted in the belief we can create a better world than nature created, but a waste rooted in the belief that man can create a world better than God created. The Greeks would have called this hubris.
Waste and misuse are not only poor stewardship; they are symptomatic of “anthro-deification”—the worship of man as God.
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