I have no problem with being environmentally conscious. In fact I think that God has set us as stewards of the earth (Genesis 1:26), so we have every responsibility to keep it healthy in order that it can serve further generations. In fact, God was very displeased with Jerusalem when they defiled the land which God had given them. Jeremiah 2:7 "I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but after you entered, you defiled My land; you made My inheritance detestable." As Christians we are called to serve God's will, which means caring for the people around us. (Mark 12:31 "Love your neighbor as yourself"; Matthew 25:40 "What you did for the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me"). It is important to remember Psalm 24:1 "The earth is the Lords and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the Lord." Therefore when we destroy the earth we have God to answer to because we are destroying His property. Can we honestly call ourselves Christians if we are serving our fleshly desires in pursuit of material gain? Luke 16:13 "A man cannot be the slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can't be slaves of both God and money." It is amazing to me how often "Christians," as men label themselves, can put their own personal interests (on earth no less), above God's. I recently made myself a sign to help me remember what is truly important, "success: putting God's will above your own." I think this is something that we need to really remind ourselves of on a daily basis, and to evaluate the reasons we are making the decisions we are, because Romans 14:23 says that "everything that is not from faith is sin." At this point I think I have made it clear that God expects us to use the earth and its resources wisely.
Now to get back to the original question. Why, when someone believes that the world has spent thousands of years evolving, does one think that man can bring about the destruction of the earth? To that end, why does he care, what is his inherent interest in saving the earth? On what grounds can he stake his claims? Where do his definitions of good and evil come from? Can there even be good and evil? In this too, why does he go on living; what is the purpose of life? What can possibly give life meaning if all that one is is the product of random mutation? You can't claim that you are trying to make the earth better. First, from where can you discern your definition of better? More to the point, you can truly only be adding to a faster destruction of the earth by continuing to live and consume its resources. To this point I ask, if there is no goal, and random evolution is occurring, why does it matter if the earth is destroyed and becomes void of life. Who would care? If it's not someone's creation then why do we strive so intently to see it succeed. If it happened once it can happen again. Moreover, if the evolution of man was a mistake in this random process, won't it work itself out? If man cannot be sustained on earth as it is, evolution will wipe us out and continue on in a different direction. I mean, if the earth had been around for billions of years I hardly believe one species could entirely destroy it within a few thousand. Once the earth could no longer sustain human life this species would die out, possibly with several other species; the earth would then go through a period of regeneration and new species would evolve. That's a legitimate supposition from an evolutionary perspective. So why are evolutionists working so hard to "make something of themselves" and "save" the earth?
A final point, if it were all just a random occurrence what would be the point of studying it? There would be no patterns to discern. I think this is what truly screams there is a creator. As God said in Psalm 19:1 "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky proclaims the work of His hands." And as a call to Christians to declare the works of God, Luke 19:40 "If they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out."
This really should be a different post, but I don't feel like making one right now:
On another note, as Christians, can we stop going around condemning those around us? Can't you see that that changes nothing and just breeds opposition? God is the judge and we are the sinners. Psalm 96:13 "The Lord is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with His truth." Matthew 7:5 "Hypocrite! First take the log out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye." Would you listen to someone you didn't respect as they yelled in your face? Doubtful! Let's walk a Christ-like life so that our audience has some reason to want to imitate us. For without Christ as their Savior they have no reason to turn from their sin. Pointing it out as such leads only to bitterness towards the church which is seen as "stuck-up" and condemning. Let that be the work of the Holy Spirit on their soul; the one who washes, regenerates, and renews us (Titus 3:5). "And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment" (John 16:8). "For the natural man does not welcome what comes from God's Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to know it since it is evaluated spiritually" (1 Corinthians 2:14).
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