So called Christians such as Rick Santorum (R) again have exercised poor decisions with due respect to creation care. Rick Santorum on a scale from
0-100%, scored a poor 0% with the scorecard of the League of Conservation Voters
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for the year 2004. This must be due to faulty intelligence. This score surely represents the extreme right of the Republican party. I know to many people in Pennsylvania to except that his voting represents his constituents. Why do we allow him to take such a poor stand, out of faulty intelligence, with respect to creation care, while he claims to be a Christian. He represents us and is sending a very clear poor message under the mock of being a Christian. When asked to define what he means when he says "forest" as he claims logging National Forest helps forest vitality, he refuses. Joe Pitts (R) scored a 9% while others such as Joe Hoeffel (D) scored a respectful 100%. Is the Republican parties goals to give trees and their associates low quality lives? Man's first responsibility was to care for the garden, (Genesis 2-15). Medical doctors take an oath not to cause harm. People who make decisions on forest health, such as Santorum, should be required to have a background in tree biology and take a similar oath.. A myth that insects and fungi threaten forest health still is fostered out of the ignorance of tree biology.
.dying and symplastless wood provides one of the two or three greatest resources for animal species in a natural forest. ..if fallen timber and slightly decayed trees are removed the whole system is gravely impoverished of perhaps more than a fifth of its fauna (Maser and Trappe, 1984).
So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. (KJV Ezekiel 39:10)
One must wonder if a good steward and or good Christian is a 0%er or a
100%er. For more on the topic look up "logging" at
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for information backed by data on the subject. My goal is to get you to think. Please think. Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us that we are not the boss.
Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
West Chester PA 610-864-5251(OUT OF SERVICE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS)
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fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us that we are not the boss. Beware of so-called TREE EXPERTS who do not understand TREE BIOLOGY!
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- FREE Some people will buy products they do not understand and not buy books that will give them understanding