Dawsonzhu@aol.com wrote:
> So the question is not whether the earth will endure; short of
> getting sucked into a black hole, something will surely survive.
> The question should be, will the human race make it, and, if so,
> in what condition?
>
Will the human race make it .... to ...... what?
> I know in the age of science, we don't usually attribute punishment
> to God when it comes to matters of natural disaster, but God did
> grant us a brain and a rational world where we can see consequences.
> If he punished Israel for sins of idolatry and corruption of the heart,
> something that is a matter of faith and obedience, how much more
> would he be prepared to punish us for ignoring something so prosaic
> as that which we can acquire by way of scientific investigation and
> rational inquiry in an age of technology?
>
> by Grace alone we proceed,
> Wayne
Good points. "Save the Earth" slogans may or may not have benevolent
motivations behind them, but they really are technically mis-phrased.
It's our own survival which will probably be much more tenuous than the
planet itself. Meanwhile, whether or not the latest enviro-scientific
fads turn out to be well founded, I'll still be doing what I can to cut
back on gasoline consumption just because it's .... the right thing to
do. My theology informed me of that independently of modern science.
So much the worse for the selfish origins behind "Limbaugh-ite"
philosophy --- perhaps it could be called the age old "itching ears"
theology? Not that science has been completely innocent of itching ears
phenomena. Perhaps none of us escape completely.
--merv
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his
suspicions. -- Wilson Mizner
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