Has Man Fulfilled The Covenant?

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28/04/2007

Gopal K Kotecha

Has Man Fulfilled The Covenant?

        When God made a covenant with Adam, he probably hoped that Adam would keep it.  The aim of this essay is to find out whether Adam and the rest of mankind have fulfilled that promise or not.  Firstly, what is a covenant? It is normally some sort of promise, but in this case, it is a solemn, sacred promise between man and God.  Adam promised God that he would look after the animals and the Earth.  

        Since the creation, one of the greatest changes that have been made to the way we live has been the industrial revolution.  Steam power meant that fields were ploughed quicker, people moved from towns into cities.  Between 1801 and 1911, Britain’s population quadrupled.  Telephones and telegraphs meant that communicating across countries was easy.  Britain seemed to “grow smaller.”  All of this meant that people paid less and less attention to the environment.  People migrated from the countryside to look for a better life.  The steam train meant that iron and coal companies doubled or tripled.  Factories covered the land.  All of this meant that smoke and dust was being released into the air and was helping the greenhouse effect.

        Humans have harmed the environment in many ways. Take the greenhouse effect, for example.  Over the last few hundred years, we have been releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.  This was due to burning fossil fuel.  This carbon dioxide traps heat and light and means that the surface of the Earth is becoming hotter.  Droughts and floods have increased – snow hardly appears in the Southeast. Icebergs are melting – one year ago, an iceberg the size of Crete floated into the sea.  This means that parts of the poles are turning into water – sea levels are rising.  Rain and floods become more frequent – certain houses will not sell in flood areas.  Also, flood insurance prices have gone through the roof.  The temperature of the water has also increased by 0.5°C. This means that all the coral die and the food chain is disturbed.  Glaciers have melted.  Spring arrives earlier and animals migrate and hibernate at wrong times.  Heat waves occur more often.

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        The Ozone layer is part of the atmosphere which protects us from ultraviolet light.  Deodorants and cleaning sprays used to contain CFC gases which weakened the Ozone layer.  The layer is much thinner and there is a large hole near Australia and Antarctica.  This means that there has been a significant rise in skin cancer.  Sun cream companies have used this as a way to increase prices.

        Deforestation is cutting down trees for building space / wood or cattle grazing e.g. Amazon Rainforest.  If the current rate of deforestation continues, the world's rain forests will vanish within ...

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