Is Pollution Actually Bad for The Environment?

It has been a long known thing by man that pollution is bad for the environment and should be stopped; but have we just stopped and thought before, "Is Pollution Actually Bad for The Environment?"

Let us get right into it.

First, David says to the Lord in Psalm 104: 24-30: "O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures. Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great. There go the ships, and Leviathan that You formed to sport in it."

We understand that God created the creatures and land of this world through wisdom and perfection. We also see in Genesis 2:15, "The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it."

That being said, we fully acknowledge we must not abuse God's creation and take care of it as much as we can. Although it is wrong to let the earth prevent us from completing needed tasks and from gathering supplies given by the nature God created, the evidence is in Genesis 1:26: "And God said, 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth' ".

Man has dominion over all the earth, but we must not abuse this power just as a king must not abuse his authority. Environmentalism fails in this area, Environmentalists believe nature must have top priority and mankind is second priority. That is not the way God made it.

So then the question arises; is our technology harmful to God's creation?

Below you will find a list of all the recorded things that are the causes of pollution:

1. Agriculture

2. Transportation Devices

3. Construction

4. Demolition

5. Mining

6. Fossil Fuel Burning

7. Acid Rain

8. Heating

9. Smoking

10. Industry

11. CO

12. Waste

13. Landfills

    
    

So not all of these things come specifically from man's actions. Now the second question arises; is man responsible for any damage pollution caused? Yes and no. God created man on this earth to build, live, multiply and create technology to sustain certain things not to mention our own lives (Though the most important reason is for His glory). God created the benefits that the earth has, animals as food for us as well as company (Such as pets), food for our food, as the food chain goes, and plants for our oxygen, food for the herbivorous animals, and also for our pleasure to grow certain plants. Though we are not to abuse them, God has said for us to have dominion over these things. If we have to kill a bear for food, we have God's permission to do so, if we have to chop down a few trees and clear a path for our cabin, we have God's permission to do so. We should not let nature prevent us.

But still, this doesn't answer the first question; just because we are allowed to do these things does not necessarily mean our technology is not damaging to the environment. So is it?

So it is not exactly good for plants and animals, though God, being wise beyond measure, created a filtering source because He knew that man must create these technologies. How does this work? There are a few listed plants such as the Peace Lily, Money Tree, Snake Plant, Weeping fig, and much more that act as filters. They draw in the Carbon Dioxide from pollution and they replace it with Oxygen to help us breathe. The plants that God made to draw in Carbon Dioxide (which is the primary gas in pollution) thrive upon drawing in, without pollution, most plants will die because it is taught in the schools that most plants need Carbon Dioxide to survive. There are indeed other forms of pollution, for instance, pollution in waters, ground, etc., these forms of pollution should be withdrawn, but not to a point where it prevents man from reaching a certain point. God knew what He was doing when He created the earth and all its inhabitants. He is perfect, in Him there is no darkness (I John 1:5). He planned the whole system before it was even created.

So the final answer is; there is a yes and a no. I would say that man can limit pollution just as long as it does not prevent us from certain needful activities.