EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Nine, Number Six September/October 2000 Wood? That's absurd! AN OLD FABLE A man plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow so that later on he will have cedars to cut down. Or he chooses an oak to raise a stout tree for himself in the forest. One half of it becomes fuel for his fire.... on this he roasts meat so that he may eat and be satisfied. He also warms himself at it and says, "Good! I am growing warm." What is left of the wood he makes into a god by carving it into shape; he bows down to it and prays to it, saying "Save me; for thou art my god." (Isaiah 44: 14-17) Home     Table of Contents