If Jesus is coming back very soon, why would a believing Christian have any concern for the environment, soil erosion, threatened species, water conservation, any issue focused on subsequent generations?
2007-01-20 16:32:02 · 13 answers · asked by kwtk 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well James Watt, Reagan's Secretary of the Interior, gave a speech once where he basically said, "why bother, Jesus is coming . . .
I've no doubt people such as this exist, but ironically it is the evangelical movement who are finally getting on board and helping move Climate Change action forward so things are possibly looking up in this regard.
2007-01-20 16:40:25 · answer #1 · answered by SWMynx 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firstly; no one really knows when Christ will be returning to the earth. Christians have an obligation to be "good stewards" of the orb we live on. Adam (the first man), was given the directive to "keep the earth [garden]" - maintain it !!! I realize it's an up-hill battle to bring this earth back into a clean and replenished system with all the GREED there is for $ and all the comforts it buys but I try to do my part. I don't want to see people nor animals suffer because of the effects of global warming. The irony is that no matter how much $ you gain ... you still have to live on this planet, regardless.
2007-01-20 16:45:08 · answer #2 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God says he will destroy all those who are destroying the earth at Armegeddon. So, a true Christian would recognize how strongly he feels about protecting it and he would not harm it unneccesarily. However, the work that Christians have been assigned which is URGENT for this time is that of locating the sheep-like ones and teaching them about God's Kingdom government and what it will do for mankind. Anything which takes alot of time away from doing that would be considered wasteful.
2007-01-20 18:20:06 · answer #3 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that they had a similar problem in Paul's time. 2nd Thess. talks about this sort of. They were getting lazy thinkin that Jesus was gunna come back right away, But Paul told them that they still need to work. I suppose this could be applied to continuing taking care of the Earth God has placed in our care
2007-01-20 16:37:07 · answer #4 · answered by Caleb 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
and unto Adam he said, because you listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, you shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to you and you shall eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return unto the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are and to dust shall you return. Genesis 3:17-19. and God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earh, and all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered. Then God gave them the rainbow and the promise that the earth would not again be destroyed by water. This is as far as God went in relinguishing care of the earth to us. Historically, Christians have been careful in their use of the land. We were recycling long before our governments told us we must. Today's conservation has become a political tool whereby those of poor understanding of their creator believe that the Earth will perish if they and those they can control do not have authority over everything. ONe wonders that the Earth has stood all these millenia before Al Gore and friends were born. Disregarding all that garbage, we should take care of the land and all else that is in our care and "occupy until He comes" who will put all things right and reign on this same Earth for 1,000 years.
2007-01-20 17:10:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe that God created this world for us and we should take care of it. It is true Jesus is going to come back but we dont know when and I do believe we are in end times but no one technically knows when He is returning. So until then why destroy something so precious that God has blessed us with.
2007-01-20 16:58:08 · answer #6 · answered by jesus worshiper 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I reckon that's why the Republicans have gone from evironmentalists to anti-environmentalists over the last few decades, coinciding with the rise of Dispensationalists in the Rebuplican ranks.
2007-01-20 16:38:20 · answer #7 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
easily a perimeter view. i grow to be watching a presentation on the college of Washington final night (I stay merely outdoors Seattle), and in accordance to the archives noted during the lecture, the numbers of human beings who evaluate our surroundings/international warming an significant matter grow to be placed at variety of eighty%.
2016-11-25 23:23:55 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the thing is.. we don't know when Jesus is coming back.. it could be tonight or it could be 100 years from now.. if it's 100 years from now don't you think we should do what we can to save the endangered species and try not to destroy the earth before He gets back.?
2007-01-20 17:01:23 · answer #9 · answered by lady T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know I don't worry about it. i can't answer for the rest.
having read the Bible, I know that the world is not going to end before God says it will.
2007-01-20 16:40:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋