I don't disagree with us being good stewards of what God gives us and that we should treat others as we ourselves would liked to be treated but I don't see where we are to focus on saving this temporal world as scripture says it is going to pass away.JimFoxvog wrote:If the scientific concensus is true, then there are significant risks for a significant portion of humanity. If we, as Christians, care about the people made in God's image, then we would want to do what we could to minimizize the harm.Robert wrote:I don't really understand why some people think it's important to campaign for mainstream science.Bootstrap wrote:I don't really understand why some people think it's important to campaign against mainstream science.
I see caring about the well-being of human beings as part of my responsibility as a follower of Jesus.
Yes God could intervene. I accept the Biblical account of a global flood; God has intervened in the past. But God also allowed the atom bomb to be dropped on the Christian center of Japan.
So, we are to focus on things that are eternal and the greatest risk for any person living now and in the future is losing their soul.
[bible]Mark 8,36[/bible]
While we consider whether or not man is contributing to the ability of this earth to sustain life into the future, many around us are losing their soul.
Am I truly loving others if I am not first and foremost concerned about their soul. I keep asking myself this question and continually fight with those things that detract me from looking at life in this light. Jesus came to give us the gift of eternal life. How this earth ends up whether completely destroyed or completely made new matters not to us in light of eternity.
Also ultimately as Jim says, God is in ultimate control of this earth and we can trust He knows what He is doing regardless of what science concludes. Man's understandings are foolishness compared to God and although we are often impressed by what man has achieved, when science is not able to comprehend God with the faith of a small child, they are not very wise in God's eyes. The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord.
Anyway, this is how I view this subject and wish I could say I was more active in pursuing the salvation of the lost to prove I truly care about them. My mind still needs more transforming to a Kingdom view.