Essa s on Environment • 503

DESTROYING THE DELICATE BALANCE CRUCIAL

TO SURVIVAL
Natures Revenge after Disturbing its Balance
Or
Natures Balance Crucial to All Species
Or
Nature Will Have Her Course
Or
Let Nature Take Its Course
Or
Nature Hate All Sudden Changes
Outline
Introduction
Balance — crucial to all species
Nature's demand of balance is inevitable
Nature displays the character of God
Scientific attempts to modify nature
Opposing vies regarding new technology
Genetic Engineering & nature's reaction
Biotechnology a challenge to nature
Science could contribute to better insight Conclusion

Essay
s mankind destroying the delicate balance between humanity and nature and
endangering survival of all species?

Throughout history we have been forced to adapt by perfecting

ourselves socially, technologically, and physically to ensure continued
existence. In the struggle for survival there .is a deticate balance between
nature and humanity crucial to all species. We are slowly shifting this balance in
order to control nature. In doing so we are putting the well being of all species
at risk.
Nature is a dynamic presence that demands balance. It has a
harmonious arrangement that sets up and maintains a state of equilibrium.
Nature is generally thought of as the physical world and its living organisms.
Some say it is inexhaustible and expendable, some that Me can use but must
replace, and others that we can look but not touch. Although opinion on nature's
definition varies widely, the majority of people concur that we are part of nature
and thus depend upon it.
According to the Christian religion, Nature displays the character of
God, in its goodness and strength, consistency and concern to sustain human
life. It also states that man is created from the dust of the ground. If Man is made
from nature and we tamper with it, we are tampering with ourselves.
Therefore if we modify the world around us then it will modify us.
Scientists are currently modifying nature by genetically altering a
variety of species with the use of a relatively new process called genetic
engineering in the field of biotechnology. Genetic manipulation is the transport
of one or more