Muddled confusion clarified

Let's always remember that the earth was made for man.  Humankind was not created for the earth.  This came to me today on my 800th bike mile of the season.

The fashioning of Adam and his beloved, Eve, were the crown jewels of God's creation.  Not the earth.  And as such, humans were to cooperatively, under God, manage the earth and it's resources, the fish of the sea and the animals included.  All of the treasures - aka, natural resources - are to be used by mankind for blessing and survival.  We are to be good stewards, working in synch with the Creator.  God made the garden to bless the man.  Not vice versa.

No one would argue that resources have not been exploited, animals used and abused, etc.  But let us not turn the whole thing on its head as a cure for abuse and exploitation.