Is Global Warming Biblical?

Question

Doesn't the Bible say that God will destroy the world by fire next time? Could this be the manner in which it is accomplished?

geesh, you guys are harsh...just a question...seems like "experts" on both sides of the issue think they are right...so, who knows the truth.

Answer 1

Global warming isn't "god's vengance on the Earth. It is merely the result of our own greed and wanton disregard for consequences of our action.

There are those who would like to think it a hoax, but for some of us who have lived more than one or two decades, where we can remember what the weather was like, and are able to see the difference, it's hard to ignore.

The truth is that the Earth is changing. The ice caps and glaciers are melting.

Like a family who keeps its trash in the house, we let our trash loose in the atmosphere and expect no consequence.

The Christian God will not reward our greed by some magic. The Pagan gods will not free us of responsibility. We need to change our ways or suffer the consequences. It has nothing to do with the Bible or any sacred text; it is merely a matter of actions and consequences.

There are fools who say there is no such thing as global warming or greenhouse gasses. These myopic individuals are quick to discount evidence and happy to continue the rape of the Earth. They follow the intellectually easy path of bleeding dry our carbon resources until there is no choice but to find alternatives, rather than being even a bit proactive.

When in a single lifetime, the weather has so changed that one feels they are living in a completely different part of the world, it is difficult to argue that global warming is a hoax.

Answer 2

Ps. 37:29: “The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it.”

Will God himself destroy the earth by fire?

Does 2 Peter 3:7, 10 (KJ) support that view? “The heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition [“destruction,” RS] of ungodly men. . . . The day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up [“burned (burnt) up,” RS, JB; “will vanish,” TEV; “will be made manifest,” NAB; “will be laid bare,” NE; “will be discovered,” NW].” (Note: The Codex Sinaiticus and Vatican MS 1209, both of the 4th century C.E., read “be discovered.” Later manuscripts, the 5th-century Codex Alexandrinus and the 16th-century Clementine recension of the Vulgate, read “be burned up.”)

Does Revelation 21:1 (KJ) indicate that our planet will be destroyed? “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.”

To be correct, the explanation of these verses must agree with the context and with the rest of the Bible

If these texts (2 Peter 3:7, 10 and Revelation 21:1) mean that the literal planet Earth is to be consumed by fire, then the literal heavens (the stars and other heavenly bodies) are also to be destroyed by fire. Such a literal view, however, conflicts with the assurance contained in such texts as Matthew 6:10, Psalm 37:29 and 104:5, also Proverbs 2:21, 22. Furthermore, what effect would fire have on the already intensely hot sun and stars? So the term “earth” in the above-quoted texts must be understood in a different sense.

At Genesis 11:1, First Kings 2:1, 2, First Chronicles 16:31, Psalm 96:1, etc., the term “earth” is used in a figurative sense, referring to mankind, to human society. Might that be the case at 2 Peter 3:7, 10 and Revelation 21:1?

Note that, in the context, at 2 Peter 3:5, 6 (also 2:5, 9), a parallel is drawn with the Flood of Noah’s day, in which wicked human society was destroyed, but Noah and his household, as well as the globe itself, were preserved. Likewise, at 2 Peter 3:7 it says that the ones to be destroyed are “ungodly men.” The view that “the earth” here refers to wicked human society fully agrees with the rest of the Bible, as is illustrated by the texts cited above. It is that symbolic “earth,” or wicked human society, that is “discovered”; that is, Jehovah will sear away as by fire all disguise, exposing the wickedness of ungodly human society and showing it to be worthy of complete destruction. That wicked society of humans is also “the first earth,” referred to at Revelation 21:1 (KJ).

Consistently, Jesus’ expression at Luke 21:33 (“heaven and earth will pass away, but . . . ”) must be understood in the light of the parallel statement at Luke 16:17 (“it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than . . . ”), both of which simply emphasize the impossibility of the situations presented.—See also Matthew 5:18.

Answer 3

I don`t think that this is God`s chastisement on the world, it is more the fault of commercialism and greed, the Bible does say that one day the Earth will wear out like a garment though.

Answer 4

Global Warming is what liberals preach and the uneducated believe go pick up a book at your local library and learn something factual instead of listening to the preachings of idiots

Answer 5

perhaps, but raising the temperature of the earth by like .1 degree every hundred years is a bit slow even using God time.

Answer 6

Two different scenarios, I believe.
A few extra degrees melting ice is one thing.
A third of all trees burning, as well as all green grass is another.
Rev 8:7

Answer 7

Global warming does not exist. God would not allow it.

Answer 8

no and god is not real and why dose god want to destroy the world

Answer 9

No, it's Al Gorical.