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"Wonder<\/a>Theologically wilderness has always had a strong role in the bible.\u00a0 From Exodus to Jesus’s 40 days in the desert its there.\u00a0 As my Bible dictionary says of the Exodus period;<\/p>\n

“Theologically, the wilderness period became the dual symbol of God’s leading and providing and man’s rebellious nature typified by the Israelites.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Jesus’s time in the wilderness was the same he was tempted by the devil and had to rely on God and scripture.<\/p>\n

All this came to mind when I was reading about the threat to the Alaskan wilderness from oil drilling yesterday.\u00a0 Despite the oil drilling that went on the 1970’s (whose fields are in decline) most of Alaska is pristine wilderness inhabited by moose bears, polar bears and of course mosquitoes.\u00a0 President Obama has just allowed exploration drilling of the north coast for oil and there have been protests as Shell sends a rig to the Arctic.\u00a0 But the real prize is the onshore drilling, in aeras given some protection as a refuge but not having full national park status.\u00a0 Its this that big oil and its political supporters want to get their hands on.<\/p>\n

There is little in the way of true wilderness left.\u00a0 I would say I have been to some in Scotland and in Cradle Mountain Tasmania.\u00a0 Both of these examples however cannot not be said to be unaffected by man.\u00a0 Although in both I have seen the wonder of God’s creation.\u00a0 This leads me to think that some places such as Alaska should be off limits to drilling.\u00a0 After all we cannot afford to extract every last drop due to climate change.\u00a0 Some places should be left as wild as possible. Maybe we should trust on God’s provision without extracting all the oil.<\/p>\n

Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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