White listed several factors important to Christian belief that have contributed to our environmental problems: (1) an ambivalent attitude toward creation; (2) a stance of dominion that has led to exploitation; (3) an other-worldly focus; (4) a preoccupation with sin and guilt that has led to intense preoccupation with self; and (5) an emphasis on personal salvation. He insists that Christians are responsible for the ecological crisis because they have taken God’s command to have dominion over creation as a command to dominate and subdue it (Gen 1:27–28).
