Page 1 of 3 [ 36 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3  Next


Is it the responsibility of worshipers of god to protect the earth???
Yes of course it is. 71%  71%  [ 12 ]
No it is not 18%  18%  [ 3 ]
Perhaps it is perhaps its not 12%  12%  [ 2 ]
Total votes : 17

philosopherBoi
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 Aug 2008
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,255

08 Aug 2008, 7:02 pm

I find it odd that religious people don't seem to want to protect the earth. If your god/goddess/gods made the earth then wouldn't it be insulting to your god to pollute the earth?? I mean after all the pollution is not only killing people it is also slowly killing the earth and all life.



Awesomelyglorious
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 17 Dec 2005
Gender: Male
Posts: 13,157
Location: Omnipresent

08 Aug 2008, 7:49 pm

Meh, the rapture's coming soon anyway. Besides, one of the names for the devil in Christianity is "the god of this world" 2 Cor 4:4, so if we argued from a Christian perspective, we aren't screwing over God so much as the devil. So, keep those SUVs up and running to fight Satan's evil!

(yes, I know, terrible theology, but all I care about is having a good time)



velodog
Gold Supporter
Gold Supporter

User avatar

Joined: 15 Mar 2008
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,374

08 Aug 2008, 8:13 pm

That seems like a rather broad generalization.



Averick
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 5 Mar 2007
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,709
Location: My tower upon the crag. Yes, mwahahaha!

09 Aug 2008, 8:44 am

You'd think, wouldn't ya?



Sand
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 15 Sep 2007
Age: 98
Gender: Male
Posts: 11,484
Location: Finland

09 Aug 2008, 12:44 pm

The Earth doesn't need protection. It doesn't give a damn if all life disappears and the planet turns into a desert like Mars or an acid atmosphere over an oven hot surface like Venus. But if humans want to protect themselves they have to be careful. So far they don't seem to care.



richardbenson
Xfractor Card #351
Xfractor Card #351

User avatar

Joined: 30 Oct 2006
Gender: Male
Posts: 13,553
Location: Leave only a footprint behind

09 Aug 2008, 12:48 pm

jesus is just gonna blow up the earth anyways to make a new one so why protect it



slowmutant
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 13 Feb 2008
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 8,430
Location: Ontario, Canada

09 Aug 2008, 12:50 pm

The Earth needs protection, certainly. The responsibility of good stewardship lies on us, humankind. Man is the only species from whose extinction every other would benefit.



slowmutant
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 13 Feb 2008
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 8,430
Location: Ontario, Canada

09 Aug 2008, 12:54 pm

richardbenson wrote:
jesus is just gonna blow up the earth anyways to make a new one so why protect it


Jesus will make the Earth anew upon His return. A New Earth, not a blown-up Earth. This degree of apathy is unattractive.



Orwell
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Aug 2007
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 12,518
Location: Room 101

09 Aug 2008, 1:27 pm

Seek first the Kingdom of Heaven, and not an earthly one. The Earth is transitory, but the Kingdom of God is eternal.


_________________
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH


ToadOfSteel
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 23 Sep 2007
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 6,157
Location: New Jersey

09 Aug 2008, 2:55 pm

slowmutant wrote:
The Earth needs protection, certainly. The responsibility of good stewardship lies on us, humankind. Man is the only species from whose extinction every other would benefit.


QFT. God put man on the earth to care for it, not to trash it. He needs to see our responsibility in taking care of something as "transitory" as the Earth before being given the responsibility to do so in a place like heaven... Earth is basically God's "sandbox"...



nutbag
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 27 Jan 2007
Gender: Female
Posts: 2,582
Location: Arizona

09 Aug 2008, 6:25 pm

Religious Environmentslism! Yeaaaaaaaaaa! AlGore is Jesus second coming! All bow down.

Moronic nonsensical orthodoxy. I didnt expect the Spanish Inquisition.


_________________
Who is John Galt?
Still Moofy after all these years
It is by will alone that I set my mind in motion
cynicism occurs immediately upon pressing your brain's start button


techstepgenr8tion
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 Feb 2005
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Posts: 24,195
Location: 28th Path of Tzaddi

09 Aug 2008, 6:37 pm

With the question above - as broadly as you stated it - I don't think anyone would disagree. Hope that's not a logic thermometer for a more intricate issue because it won't work.



greenblue
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 25 Mar 2007
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Posts: 7,896
Location: Home

09 Aug 2008, 8:15 pm

slowmutant wrote:
The Earth needs protection, certainly. The responsibility of good stewardship lies on us, humankind. Man is the only species from whose extinction every other would benefit.

Animals, plants, and the earth itself will benefit from human extinction.


_________________
?Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.?


greenblue
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 25 Mar 2007
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Posts: 7,896
Location: Home

09 Aug 2008, 8:21 pm

richardbenson wrote:
jesus is just gonna blow up the earth anyways to make a new one so why protect it

That might be the thinking of few fundies I would assume, I can see one firmly believing in the second coming of Christ, then seeing no point in protecting the earth anyway, according to the belief, that kind of thinking I believe it can be dangerous, if everybody would share that kind of thinking, however, I thank God that not all think that way.


_________________
?Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.?


slowmutant
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 13 Feb 2008
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 8,430
Location: Ontario, Canada

09 Aug 2008, 8:23 pm

Yes, and look what we've done to animals, plants and the Earth. So far we have been unbelievably poor stewards. Stewardship, as you know, is not ownership.



greenblue
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 25 Mar 2007
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Posts: 7,896
Location: Home

09 Aug 2008, 8:30 pm

Awesomelyglorious wrote:
Meh, the rapture's coming soon anyway. Besides, one of the names for the devil in Christianity is "the god of this world" 2 Cor 4:4, so if we argued from a Christian perspective, we aren't screwing over God so much as the devil. So, keep those SUVs up and running to fight Satan's evil!

(yes, I know, terrible theology, but all I care about is having a good time)
Before extintion.

The rapture will happen, but it will be by aliens, to want to experiment on those primitive humans, who only thing they do is to destroy their own planet and causing wars and desease, etc. Aliens may not have any sympathy with creatures like that, they may use human beliefs and fears to have fun with them.


_________________
?Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.?