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1 | By the bible, is nuclear winter possible | Gen 8:22 | EdB | 84494 | ||
Just Read Mark You said,"This thread began discussing a promise from Genesis. I propose that a text that is more relevant to global change (and nuclear proliferation) is Proverbs 26:27 ---" I would totally agree with you were God not sovereign and in control. However God is sovereign and very much in control and he has promised that there would always be "seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat". Man may, in his stupidity and greed, attempt to mess the earth up, but God who is in control will prevent us from destroying ourselves. However we do know the total destruction of this world is going to occur one day, but it will be in God's timing not man's. EdB |
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2 | By the bible, is nuclear winter possible | Gen 8:22 | Just Read Mark | 84501 | ||
So does trusting in God's promises entail continuing with the status quo? This promise in Genesis is very general -- it is restoring the world after the flood. This does not mean that the harvest will always be bountiful, or that all manner of plants would continue to grow. This promise leaves room for a great degree of devastation on this earth. That is why I mentioned proverbs 26:27. It doesn't need a complete anihilation to be relevant : it can relate to the health of the ecosystem in my neighbourhood, for instance. My feeling, from this thread in general, is that people will look to God's sovereignty as an excuse to be irresponsible. Don't get me wrong: I believe God is sovereign. But often, in the Biblical record, our sovereign God allows people reap what they sow. |
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3 | By the bible, is nuclear winter possible | Gen 8:22 | EdB | 84511 | ||
Just Read Mark No I do not believe trusting in God is an excuse to stick our heads in the sand. Nor do I agree we should be running around crying the sky is falling, the sky is falling. I think we need to protect our resources but in the same time I think special interest groups lose sight of what is important. They are very willing to shut down a project that would benefit many because it might endanger a spider. Many special interest groups have made getting energy from renewable resources nearly impossible (cutting forests) making the only viable alternative something much less desirable. Trying to legislate ecological responsibility is very similar to trying to legislate morality neither seems to work. I think we are to be good stewards of all of God’s creations but we have to understand the order of importance. God created what we call natural resources to be used for the betterment of man. While we shouldn’t waste or foolishly handle those resources we are not to esteem them to be more important than they are. We will spend untold thousands of dollars to save a beached baby whale while we continue to abort thousands of human babies. We will spend tireless hours campaigning to save a stately tree while we completely ignore plight of Christians starving to death in the Sudan. We will protest the building of nuclear power plant but fail to object to zoning that eliminates the construction of churches. Again do not say we do not have a responsibility to be good stewards of our resources, I just think many of us have our priorities out of proper sequence. I think in their zeal some have developed doomsday attitudes that displaced God as having control to a attitude that man is destroying himself and earth. Yes I think man can destroy much of this earth but this earth is passing away eventually anyhow. Our focus should be on our new home where environmental responsibility won’t just be a concept but will be a reality. There is a new world coming, one not tainted with sin. EdB |
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4 | By the bible, is nuclear winter possible | Gen 8:22 | Just Read Mark | 84551 | ||
Thank you for your thoughts. Indeed we have to place our priorities carefully -- but also in a balanced way. (I think abortion is an important issue -- but if we ONLY focused on that, well....) There are a lot of societal issues that need legislation (ie. scrubbers on smoke stacks) but also things I can do on my own. Limiting car use, living close to work and church, buying local produce (I've been getting a food box from a local farm: so fresh, it's amazing."Organic" too), upgrading insulation in the house... I am not radical or thorough about these things, but I am trying to move forward, and I consider them small acts of faithfulness. If we all picked a few issues, and diligently worked out faithful responses, things would be much better. For example, I had a friend who was very passionate about the situation in Sudan -- and she invited people from our church to attend a protest raising the issues (including the role of a Canadian oil company) -- so we could all help because she did a lot of research and had a vision for justice. In our local abundance, we can be blind to the needs of the world around us. Lord, have mercy on us as we try to serve. Peace to you. |
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