> The idea of saving the planet is great, and as Christians God has commanded us to be good stewards of His planet. But He also tells us of a time that the He will personally destroy and remake the Earth.
"But" isn't supposed to be a code word for "...yet I elect to completely ignore your impeccable logic and present another equally valid choice, which just happens to be the same thing that supports my particular viewpoint and doesn't require any additional effort on my part, so here goes:..."
The point is this: You can use the Bible to prove just about all viewpoints, if you just look at the words and not what the people who wrote those verses really meant with them. You're supposed to pick the options that benefit everybody and avoid future problems, not the options that allow you to ignore the problems that you are facing right here and now. The latter is the worst kind of misuse of the Bible, and exactly what has given Christians the bad name for centuries.
> But He also tells us of a time that the He will personally destroy and remake the Earth.
> However, there is so much more that is going to be created and enjoyed than this planet,
But in the first passage, you were commanded to be good stewards of the planet! And now you're advocating rampant hedonism, because it ultimately doesn't matter!
Ask yourself - is it befitting for good stewards to eat, drink and be merry, and recklessly spend the wealth of the land, while the master is gone? And regarding the finality of it all: Is it befitting for jailors to torture the prisoners who are condemned to life in prison or capital pubishment? Every living thing will one day perish, our planet, perhaps our universe, is doomed to be destroyed one day - but that doesn't mean it doesn't have value that needs not be cherished.
> so obsessing over it and becoming co-dependent on recycling like the girls in this video did is, simply ludicrous.
Nothing like a bit of contempt and arrogance to save the day and deliver a conclusive end to the debate. Right.
Please learn to debate the issues, and see to the intent of the biblical passages rather than merely what's written. If you juggle enough passages around, you can prove absolutely anything. Looking at what people mean when they write stuff isn't rocket science. Don't use the Bible as a stepping stone for your agenda and your comfort.
