After reading Lynn White’s thesis, “The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis," I came to realize that I share her opinion on bashing on the Christian Church. Being a Christian myself, it made me take a step back and realize that some of the things that were mentioned in this thesis were somewhat true but in the most part negatively aimed towards the religion. I usually tend to stay away from topics such as these, but thank to this class, I am much more aware of my surroundings and the “natural”, or more “spiritual” aspect this class takes. Lynn White begins to talk about Christian Anthropocentrism, in which she states that unlike the religions of the East, Christianity insists that it is God’s will that man exploit nature for their benefit. In this paragraph, she states that Christianity’s outlook on nature is one of abuse, saying that the religion concentrates on using as much of the nature as possible because the only reason hills, valleys, and trees are there is because humans have to use them and that’s about it. I feel that if White had the opportunity to change the Christian religion to a more spiritual one, she would do it in a heartbeat. She states that what we need to do is rethink our old religion or come up with a new one that addresses both Christian values and incorporates Buddhist ideals, which concentrate heavily on the man-nature relationship. An interesting part of her thesis relied heavily on Saint Francis of Assisi, a figure I've once heard about before but understand much better now. Saint Francis, according to White, was one of the greatest radicals since Christ and she states that Francis rose up against the “technology” that was coming forth and instead urged people to look back and connect to the animals and the wilderness. The essence of White’s paper sums up with her solutions. She states that we should recognize the guilt of Christianity, and that we should reject the Christian m