Man's Knowledge of Planet Earth

"For we know that all the rest of creation, (all) have been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time." World dissipation. Nature has experienced a hell on earth. Since the fall of mankind, accurs'd is the ground thorns and thistles it has delivered and dearth. Eve's arrogance, disobeying God's profound mandate not to eat of the forbidden tree. The scheming of Satan had left her spellbound. Adam ignored his responsibility, learning quickly as he acquired the challenge that "good and evil" meant loss of liberty. Planet Earth became mankind's lifelong college abused by a ravenous thirst for knowledge. February 18, 2021 contest: While Mother Earth Gently Moans sponsor: D.W. Rodgers The first stanza is largely a quote from Romans 8:22. (NIV) I also used information found in Genesis chapter 3, throughout.