tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post7391043407898465336..comments2024-02-23T11:23:45.971-05:00Comments on Lost Motorcyclist: What Are Christians Doing About the Environment?Lost Motorcyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-71724273025042939722011-05-28T08:29:32.625-04:002011-05-28T08:29:32.625-04:00But all true Christians know that they need have n...But all true Christians know that they need have no worries about the future, that '<i>God will provide</i>.'<br /><br />Paul's letter to the Philippians (<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+4%3A19&version=KJV" rel="nofollow">4:19</a>) vouchsafes to all Christians that, '<i>... my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.</i><br /><br />After all, the Lord himself said (<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A31-33&version=KJV" rel="nofollow">Matthew 6:31-33</a>) '<i>Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? ... for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.</i>'<br /><br />As far as the Catholics ... my understanding is that the <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/21/132232772/vatican-condoms-still-not-ok-for-contraception" rel="nofollow">official word</a> still outlaws contraception. With the world's population now in excess of 7 billions, how responsible is that? <b>;-)</b>Madeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593933575568389288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-16199359141378071382011-05-28T08:03:00.578-04:002011-05-28T08:03:00.578-04:00That explains the fundamentalists, but Roman Catho...That explains the fundamentalists, but Roman Catholics do not take the bible so literally. For example they believe in evolution (I think). Also Catholics are not looking for the end of the world any time soon.<br /><br />At any rate, it is hypocritical to tell your people to multiply, without telling them also to preserve the environment for future generations.Lost Motorcyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-34663351197101181662011-05-28T07:24:52.226-04:002011-05-28T07:24:52.226-04:00But God said (in Exodus 1:26-28), 'Let ... man...But God said (in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A26-28&version=KJV" rel="nofollow">Exodus 1:26-28</a>), '<i>Let ... man ... replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.</i>'<br /><br />Clearly this is a license from God to exploit the resources of the earth for man's own purposes. In any event, The Rapture is imminent (although perhaps not as imminent as it was on May 20th) so we might as well grab what we can, while we can. And, of course, climate change is (according to the Rev Falwell) '<i><a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/201813/jerry_falwell_still_believes_christians.html" rel="nofollow">a bunch of hooey</a></i>.'Madeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593933575568389288noreply@blogger.com