Going Green
Maybe I finally got some time off in order to notice it. Maybe it is all of a sudden showing up EVERYWHERE. But over the Christmas/New Years break I noticed that everyone wants to be "green". Green products, going green, Green, green, green.
Now first off, I don't have any problem with taking care of the world that God created. I believe that is a Scriptural mandate. He created this place and we are to be good stewards of it. No problem. We have become more intentional about recycling at our house. We try not to waste. We try to conserve energy as much as possible--because it is a good thing--but maybe because I am just a middle age dad who feel like it is his god-given responsibility to go around turning off lights in rooms where no one is gathered...
But where I get concerned about "going green" is in the same area where PETA and some animal lovers tend to go. I like animals. We love dogs. I like eating cows very much. I want them treated well as I think it is even a reflection on a person's character who abuses such creatures. I am concerned that people are now valuing, in a different way, "the creature over the creator." In a comparison, some think that animals and the environment are more important than people. Hmmm. That's were I have a problem.
I think the Apostle Paul had a problem with that kind of reasoning and he says so in Romans 1. God is number one. Not the created (mankind). Not his creation. And I think the "going green" is getting way out of balance.
Consider the case of global warming --which may be important to consider as a steward. The issue has been so highly politicized that scientists were afraid to step forward and even question if it really was CO2 gas causing all the problems. Talk about politically correct. Now it is getting more and more coverage that some scientists are saying we are not really heating up--but are actually cooling slightly. And that what goes on in space may have more to do with global warming/cooling than gases we produce.
So, I am trying to "go green". I really am. But maybe not for the same reasons as some in society may think. And just so I can offend some people to an even greater degree, I still like my cow done medium-well-- along with a baked potato.
Now first off, I don't have any problem with taking care of the world that God created. I believe that is a Scriptural mandate. He created this place and we are to be good stewards of it. No problem. We have become more intentional about recycling at our house. We try not to waste. We try to conserve energy as much as possible--because it is a good thing--but maybe because I am just a middle age dad who feel like it is his god-given responsibility to go around turning off lights in rooms where no one is gathered...
But where I get concerned about "going green" is in the same area where PETA and some animal lovers tend to go. I like animals. We love dogs. I like eating cows very much. I want them treated well as I think it is even a reflection on a person's character who abuses such creatures. I am concerned that people are now valuing, in a different way, "the creature over the creator." In a comparison, some think that animals and the environment are more important than people. Hmmm. That's were I have a problem.
I think the Apostle Paul had a problem with that kind of reasoning and he says so in Romans 1. God is number one. Not the created (mankind). Not his creation. And I think the "going green" is getting way out of balance.
Consider the case of global warming --which may be important to consider as a steward. The issue has been so highly politicized that scientists were afraid to step forward and even question if it really was CO2 gas causing all the problems. Talk about politically correct. Now it is getting more and more coverage that some scientists are saying we are not really heating up--but are actually cooling slightly. And that what goes on in space may have more to do with global warming/cooling than gases we produce.
So, I am trying to "go green". I really am. But maybe not for the same reasons as some in society may think. And just so I can offend some people to an even greater degree, I still like my cow done medium-well-- along with a baked potato.
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