Creationists believe that when God created the universe, he made it perfect and good. In fact, each day of creation in the first chapter of Genesis has a refrain: “And behold, it was very good.” (Genesis 1 is a song, not a scientific account. It has refrains, just like a song.) The goodness of creation is something that nearly everyone can instinctively feel when they go hiking in the natural world.
Loraine Thompson
You are out in a forest of green leaves. Your soul is bathing in the beauty of nature. To the Japanese, this is quite literally what you are doing: shinrin-yoku means bathing in nature. A gentle susurrus stirs the leaves. A little songbird flits into view with a little insect in its mouth then flies away. You may not see them, but you suspect there are predators hiding in the branches. At such a time, even an atheist might echo the words of Genesis 1: Behold, it is very good.
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