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You have no comparison. You do not know what is "better".
You have no comparison. You do not know what is "better".
Well, sure, if you throw out all of recorded history that described human affairs dating back to the 4th millennium BC.
Well I can read history and study what the conditions were like in the past and can compare them to my own in the present. Humanity is in a unprecedented time of peace, though our connected world makes that feel untrue--the world as a whole is the least violent it has ever been. Though I do have much concern in the West about the increasing gap between rich and poor as well as the potential for climate change's havoc to become more widespread in the form of natural disasters, rising sea level and climate refugees pouring in from areas with insufficient food and water.
Ha ha!
Were you there during the time of Jesus's supposed life?
Yeah.. you were never there!You were never there. You do not know.
Yeah.. you were never there!
What? Are you like some kind of wizard?In fact, I am going to re-visit there in the coming summer.
What? Are you like some kind of wizard?
No, I am absolutely normal.
Agreed, but will those in power get over their denial and do something about it?!?Whatever the causes of GW, something ought to be done.
Agreed, but will those in power get over their denial and do something about it?!?
Hello Jane,Environmental issues may not be exactly a question of religion or faith - yet bizarrely enough, there are people out there who treat them as if they were. Bafflingly enough, conservative think tanks who feel that any change to the status quo would endanger their future profits have managed to convince a considerable portion of the population that it's all a big controversy, that the verdict is not yet in, and that those who'd call for an immediate response to these threats are loopy fanatics who don't know what's what.
And all the while, the rainforests keep on dwindling, the oceans are not only plagued by growing garbage patches but also subject to acidification, which may cause the entire marine ecosystem to collapse from the bottom up, species everywhere are disappearing at a rate that you'd otherwise associate with major natural catastrophes, our own species grows at an alarming rate, and we are using up natural resources at a pace that would require several planets at the same time to sustain.
The thing is: none of this is a controversy. The verdict of the scientific community (i.e. people who deal with these matters professionally and have all the data at hand) is virtually unanimous. To deny it and pretend that it's still nothing more than some wishy-washy hypothesis is the rough equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and going "LALALA!!! I CANNOT HEAR YOU!!"
So... how does your religion relate to the devastating effect our post-industrial species has on the planet, and what does it have to say about combating the mess we've created?
So... how does your religion relate to the devastating effect our post-industrial species has on the planet
Prophecy states that God will redeem the world from the curse of sin (Isaiah 11:6-9), when the day of the father comes (Matthew 21:40), that because Jesus and His disciples are faithful to the task (Revelation 17:14), all secrets are made known (Revelation 10:5-7), and because The Gospel of The Kingdom is made known to all nations (Matthew 24:14), then the whole world becomes full of the knowledge of God, and there is one flock, one shepherd (Ecclesiastes 12:11, John 10:16). In this way, God's Word will reside in the hearts of His people everywhere (Jeremiah 31:34). All people will recognise that Jesus is King of Kings, and that heaven is with those who faithfully serve Him (Matthew 6:10). This is The New Jerusalem, Zion, The Everlasting Government of a Holy People (Daniel 7:21-22, Daniel 7:14), which will never pass away nor pass on to another people (Amos 7:7-8, Isaiah 28:17-18).and what does it have to say about combating the mess we've created?
Right back at ya!
This is not a controversy. The scientific verdict is as unanimous as it gets, at a whopping 97% - and we're not talking about vague hypotheses, either.
I bet you can also trump up some sites that say burning excessive amounts of fossil fuels is completely harmless, just as tobacco companies were still insisting that their products were neither carcinogenic nor addictive up until the early 1990s.
But ignore the facts, ignore the scientific verdict if you want. Just ask yourself this: cui bono?
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