On 4/25/2006, Janice Matchett wrote:
At 05:08 PM 4/25/2006, Rich
Blinne wrote:
"... the vanity of God
thinking He can destroy the earth as a punishment for our lifestyle is
just pure rotgut. " ~ Rich
(deliberately and knowingly, mis-quoting
Rush so the credulous will think he is right about what he insists
are Rush's beliefs. The intellectually honest know
better.)
~ Janice ..... who agrees with this statement:
God had two main goals in his work of creation:
(a) the manifestation of his glory (Ps. 19:1, Prov. 16:4, Rom.
11:36) and
(b) the good of human beings who were to subdue creation
(Gen. 1:28-29) and use it for their benefit (Gen. 1:14-16; Isa.
45:28).
~ Robert Boyle
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/topics/Bible-Science/PSCF3-1997Woodall.html
For some time, the deliberate misinterpretation of the Biblical [Genesis]
phrase, "Subdue the earth," has been used as a weapon to attack
Christianity ["the graceless consequences of Christianity"],
thanks, in great part, to Karl Marx. Creation, an outgrowth of chance, is
of no consequence, according to Marx and his intellectual heirs. Nature
is lawless and directionless. Humanity must do the creating -- progress
is the _real_ truth and matter is the material from which humans create a
world worth living in. Humans are their own creators, and human endeavors
will transform, not merely shape or "dominate" nature / the
world. The "new" perspective, the false and hubristic worship
of "progress," that humans are destructive, parasitic, nature's
disease, is the cause of our own and creation's destruction.
On a more worldly note, see a recent Wall Street Journal opinion
editorial, _Climate of Fear_ / Richard Lindzen, the Alfred P. Sloan
Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT / 04-12-06:
<
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008220>.
Clare W. Parr
Received on Tue Apr 25 19:10:31 2006