Why everyday is Earth Day

I'm not a big fan of Earth Day, as its most strident advocates have turned environmental stewardship into a pseudo-religious structure complete with catechism, rites and rituals (recycling and tree planting, anyone?).

Caring for the world is not a bad thing, of course... in fact it's divinely mandated:

Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil...
The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.

Did our ancestors listen?

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

In other words, they rejected the Creator in favor of sampling the one part of creation He had placed off limits. Their descendants continue to do the same today ("if it feels good, do it;" "the secrets of Mother Earth," etc).

Care for the Earth--every day--because you care for its Creator. Anything else veers toward idolatry.