day no. 16,841: John Smith was better attuned to nature than Pocahontas

"The revival of natural law thinking among Protestants today has led many to see in nature more than the Hobbesian red and tooth and claw. This is a positive development, but let us not fall into the opposite error, into the Disney-fied view of nature in which benevolence alone domesticates nature, somehow making the crops grow and wild animals prance and dance around us. John Smith was better attuned to nature than Pocahontas." — Stephen Wolfe, The Case for Christian Nationalism

You cannot properly understand the world without knowing the Word. A Christian is better equipped to take dominion than a noble savage. That isn't to say that noble savages cannot rise to the level of their understanding, but it is to say that a Christian worldview rises above noble savagery. It is uniquely capable of viewing the world correctly and of shaping it according to the commands, purposes, and pleasure of its Creator and Sustainer.