Going Green and Faith
Why does it seem that so many Christians have such negative opinions about global warming and related issues?
God created the Earth and everything on it. God also gave us free will to choose for ourselves. Human society has made a great deal of mistakes since the beginning of time, and it seems extremly arrogant for people to believe that God will just "fix" what we destroy.
Consider for a moment, how many people abuse their bodies by overeating or whatever their weak areas are. Think of all of the diseases people die with. God doesn't just "fix" them. Sometimes people can overcome obesity and deadly diseases but they must first take responsibility and fight with every instinct they have whether it be eating better, starting an exercise program or whatever else they choose.
Consider all of the extinct animals and the reasons for their demise. We hunted them and killed them off for a false sense of value or for other horribly selfish reasons. God has never just dropped more of these amazing animals back down here on earth for us to get a second chance to see them in the wild. If He did, we would probably do the same thing and kill them all again.
God gave us plentiful resources and we are go wasteful and arrogant to think we simply cannot deplete them all. In centuries past, people always recycled and, not to mention, the Earth's population was far less. They reused scraps of worn clothing for rugs and quilts. Every scrap of fabric was something precious that had true value.
Plastic bottles didn't exist and neither did large metal appliances that wear out in a few years. Diapers were cloth and landfills were either fields for farmers or covered in trees. Cars were unheard of and trees were reserved for building and not for packaging purposes and paper. Although, toilet paper was nonesistent too. That is an invention I am very grateful for!
What is so wrong with trying to preserve what is left of the bounty the Good Lord gave us? Let's be responsible and grateful for what we have instead of taking it all for granted and expecting God above to do it all.
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