We can only look with awe the devastation and deaths in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in Mindanao wrought by nature's furry,"typhoon Sendong". Nature has again and again demonstrated to us that our assumption of superiority over nature is not acceptable.
Modern architects and engineers may tell you, we have prepared a safe place for you to live, where nature is well- managed and under control. To say that nature is under control is the height of arrogance. Nature will always have her own ways. She knows well how to managed her own affairs. I think we have to remind ourselves that we have to respect nature not only because she is superior but also
because she is more senior. In the bible we are told that God created the Garden first before He created man. Let us learn again the true value of nature and revere it with honor and more so the value and respect for her seniority.
One may sound like a fool if he told us he told the priest seated near him what Sendong told him, " there are too many of you, that nature finds it no longer sustainable, That is why please excuse me, may I have my way".
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