The environment is not a positive or even a passive entity. It is a negative one as far as mankind is concerned. The reason is theological, not chiropractic. We acknowledge it in chiropractic terms by saying universal forces are destructive toward structural matter. Nature is universal forces. It is our antagonist. We and medicine agree on this fact. Where our difference lies is in the belief that we have the wherewithal to, under normal circumstances, adapt to nature and overcome universal forces. Chiropractors believe that we do. Medical doctors believe that we do not. January 25 2010