The question I would like to ask is what is the most stewardly approach to camping?
Working under the belief that the world belongs to God, what toothpaste and excriment practices will best respect and care for God’s world? Any thoughts on the steward angle anyone?
My own answer to that question starts by putting myself in God’s shoes. What if I made and owned the world, how would i want people to treat what I made? As I begin to ponder this I realize that the answer is subjective, and so, i believe the answer to how to treat God’s world as campers can only be answered by God, whose opinion is also subjective, all be it authoritative and omniscient, it is also subjective.
So, how did God intend us to poop is the question. (as a side note I am curious about how poop and farts fit into a perfect, un-fallen eden, or did they?) Are rivers an acceptable receptacle for our refuse? Taking the liberty of an opinion despite the fact that only God knows, I say yes to river poops. It has to go somewhere. If you dig a hole for an out house, or if your wife makes you burry your poop, either way they will end up in the ground water, well filtered on the way down. If you poop in a river it will get broken up by the flow of water and sift to the bottom, again, in the water supply, and filtered by the sediment on the bottom. 6 of one and a half dozen of the other.
Or perhaps the best way to care for the earth is to get constipated and wait till you get home to poop, and let the city’s sewage treatment plants take care of it.
As for porn, beer and toothpaste, all three are clearly unecessary luxeries, so to them I say obstain! (Tongue in cheek)
And I too am curious if you have tried pooping in a river Eddie. Are you willing to share that info?
Richard Out.
richardgreencfr
Aug 12 2006
11:16 am
The question I would like to ask is what is the most stewardly approach to camping?
Working under the belief that the world belongs to God, what toothpaste and excriment practices will best respect and care for God’s world? Any thoughts on the steward angle anyone?
My own answer to that question starts by putting myself in God’s shoes. What if I made and owned the world, how would i want people to treat what I made? As I begin to ponder this I realize that the answer is subjective, and so, i believe the answer to how to treat God’s world as campers can only be answered by God, whose opinion is also subjective, all be it authoritative and omniscient, it is also subjective.
So, how did God intend us to poop is the question. (as a side note I am curious about how poop and farts fit into a perfect, un-fallen eden, or did they?) Are rivers an acceptable receptacle for our refuse? Taking the liberty of an opinion despite the fact that only God knows, I say yes to river poops. It has to go somewhere. If you dig a hole for an out house, or if your wife makes you burry your poop, either way they will end up in the ground water, well filtered on the way down. If you poop in a river it will get broken up by the flow of water and sift to the bottom, again, in the water supply, and filtered by the sediment on the bottom. 6 of one and a half dozen of the other.
Or perhaps the best way to care for the earth is to get constipated and wait till you get home to poop, and let the city’s sewage treatment plants take care of it.
As for porn, beer and toothpaste, all three are clearly unecessary luxeries, so to them I say obstain! (Tongue in cheek)
And I too am curious if you have tried pooping in a river Eddie. Are you willing to share that info?
Richard Out.