Katherine Quiroz
Class Reading:
From Nature to Creation
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"It is crucial to have no more than we can love, for without love the claim to having becomes void. Loveless having, possessing in the purest sense, remains illegitimate, a theft. Recognizing the other's value and integrity is, therefore, always also an invitation to commit to this other's well being." -pg 118
In this section, Wirzba discusses the idea of having or possessing something. He asserts that we cannot truly claim anything to be "ours" unless we are operating in a relationship of mutual belonging with it. He compares this type of relationship to that of Adam and Eve- one of mutual belonging, companionship, nurture, and deep love and intimacy.
This value and understanding should therefore overflow into our relationship with and treatment of nature. Wirzba says that we cannot claim to "possess" land if we do not have a love for it that deeply affects are heart and treatment of it. I think this is a really interesting concept. I do think that we should treat the earth well and care for it, but I don't know if we should necessarily compare our relationship between man and the earth to the relationship between man and woman and their intimacy. These seem like very separate things to me, and as creatures, I think we are designed with the capacity to love that is much different than any other physical thing. While the earth can offer us protection, shelter, comfort, and food, there is no place for deep mutual belonging and intimacy between us and the earth.
In this section, Wirzba discusses the idea of having or possessing something. He asserts that we cannot truly claim anything to be "ours" unless we are operating in a relationship of mutual belonging with it. He compares this type of relationship to that of Adam and Eve- one of mutual belonging, companionship, nurture, and deep love and intimacy.
This value and understanding should therefore overflow into our relationship with and treatment of nature. Wirzba says that we cannot claim to "possess" land if we do not have a love for it that deeply affects are heart and treatment of it. I think this is a really interesting concept. I do think that we should treat the earth well and care for it, but I don't know if we should necessarily compare our relationship between man and the earth to the relationship between man and woman and their intimacy. These seem like very separate things to me, and as creatures, I think we are designed with the capacity to love that is much different than any other physical thing. While the earth can offer us protection, shelter, comfort, and food, there is no place for deep mutual belonging and intimacy between us and the earth.
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