Would you sit back and do nothing, believing that if the end of the world arrives, then it's been foretold anyway, and you shouldn't do anything about it?
Would you pray to your God(s) to save us?
Is it our own problem that we must solve?
Are we going to be wiped out so that another, more deserving race of beings will take over the world?
What are your own views?
2007-02-08 05:47:27 · 12 answers · asked by shoby_shoby2003 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I can not speak on behalf of everyone of faith, but I believe that many people have this grand idea that man can make so much difference in the world. We're really not that big or important. Man has no control over the volcano that spews ozone depleting gas into the atmosphere or a cow who's flatulence is said to contribute to global warming. I feel we are to be good steward of what God has entrusted us with, and as such I do my part by not being wasteful, not polluting, and I try to buy energy efficient appliances. I will not alter my life to where I'm worried or miserable to accommodate something that may be inevitable, or may never happen; remember I'm not that important. I can only control myself
I do however drive a sports car with an eight cylinder engine not because I don't care about the environment, it's because I like it. It's nice being able to accelerate quicker in reverse than a preis can accelerate forward.
Tomorrow will take care of itself, and I can only live for today. While I live today, I attempt not to harm others tomorrow. I don't think of myself as being so important that I can have this huge affect on tomorrow, for tomorrow is God's gift and not guaranteed to me. Many people try to take the place of God by feeling they are the masters of their own destiny and can control the future. You have no control of the next couple seconds. Trust me I know.
2007-02-08 06:15:32 · answer #1 · answered by Ron P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't speak for the 'religious community' whatever that is, but as a Christian i believe we are supposed to do what we can to take care of God's world. Having said that though, i have a problem with the global warming issue, which is - if global warming is caused by human activity and it's a bad thing then the logical conclusion is we need fewer humans. I don't see Al Gore volunteering to drop dead to do his part to decrease warming.
I also can't get over the fact that 30 years ago, the 'experts' were saying that the earth was overdue for another ice age.
And to borrow from George Will, were we better off when a sheet of ice covered Chicago? Who is to say that our weather pattern is the best compared with earlier eras like the 1600s? Weather records have only been kept for about 120 years.
We should do what we can to reduce emissions from the known sources. I don't drive an SUV or own a powerboat. I'm all for building more nuclear power plants. After all, France gets 70% of its power from nuclear, and if they can do it, so can we.
2007-02-08 14:43:49 · answer #2 · answered by mikey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK i agree with these:
it is our own problem that we must solve
we are going to be wiped out so that another, more deserving race of beings will take over the world
2007-02-08 13:54:42 · answer #3 · answered by Bobby The Wolf 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a Christian and I believe in global warming. In fact, right now I am working on a public arts project about the subject that will be installed in Chicago. Many Christians are involved in ecological efforts. One of the most famous ecological philosophers today is Wendell Berry, a Christian.
That being said, I think Christians are among the most culpable for the murder of Creation. They are as willing to let our earth be destroyed as the military-industrial complexes that employ them. They don't believe in global warming and they think Jesus is coming back in 20 years, so let everything go to pieces anyway.
2007-02-08 13:55:24 · answer #4 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, we in the pagan community see this as not an "act of God" but man's own hand coming back to slap him in the face.
We've done this to ourselves. We have repeatedly ignored the facts as they were laid out on the table for us, that our pollutions were wrecking the environment. Those of us who have taken the warnings seriously have tried to hold down at least our own ends to help slow down the degradation.
It is a problem that we must face before there is nothing left for us to do. We still can change the way we live, it will, however, require a complete revision of the American way of life and the American dream.
Recycle, look for environmentally friendly fuels, alternative energy sources, hybrid cars, alternative means of transportation, efficient home construction and more.
Just as we have become overweight from bad eating habits, the only way we can change that is to change our food habits. Same with the environment.
There is a very "I don't care - it doesn't affect me" kind of attitude out there, but what about our children and our children's children?
Many pagans believe in reincarnation, that we are going to come back, and the mess we make now we will be cleaning up in our next life and the life after that etc etc etc.
We take our responsibility seriously. Our job is to leave this earth cleaner and in better condition than it was when we found it, and to come back and take care of it again and again. We are not here to clean up after you, but to make you aware that you need to clean up after yourselves.
If you don't want to, then please, leave now, and let us take care of what you don't think is worth your while. After all, why do you think your God put you here for? To defile his gift to you?
I don't think so, and my Gods and Goddesses don't think so, and you may have a lot of explaining to do "come the rapture" and you are still here having to deal with your own mess.
2007-02-08 14:22:29 · answer #5 · answered by Boudica 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The signs of the times indicate that we wont be here much longer, so why worry. We should take care of the land and animals, but don't worry about something that would take several hundred years to affect us. God will make a new heaven and earth, or purify this one and we will spend eternity here and worship in the New Jerusalam. The others will go to the lake of fire. Ones eternal soul is more important than worrying about so called globel warming.
2007-02-08 14:11:17 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Religious communities stay out of politics or they will lose their non-profit status. However, all of them teach that human beings are the stewards of the earth.
2007-02-08 13:57:59 · answer #7 · answered by Irish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that if it is true then we need to take measures to counter act it. At the same time people who worship the creation more than the creator need to take a close look at themselves
2007-02-08 13:52:42 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are helping global warming by driving to organized religious places to worship instead of using free will and doing it on their own.
2007-02-08 13:50:57 · answer #9 · answered by firey_cowgirl 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Christian bible is incredibly anthropocentric, many take literally the verse that states the world was placed here FOR man for him to use and abuse and whatever. Therefore, the result is what we have here in America, among other places. There's no connection to nature...I mean heck, that'd be pagan, right? Can't be connected with nature....besides, us people that care about the environment are God-hating hippies, right?
2007-02-08 13:51:26 · answer #10 · answered by Dalyrius 1 · 3⤊ 2⤋