Jesus is the ultimate environmental conservative

[ed1066]

If you love God, you love the Earth and all else He created.

Though the Godless liberal media will never admit it, Christians are at the forefront of environmental stewardship, and good for them!

This is from the notorious conservative rag treehugger.com

Now that religious/political topics are fair game:

God Has Created the World & Looks Over It
Christianity teaches that God has created all of existence and continues to actively care for it, but ultimately remains separate from it. According to Old Testament scripture, humanity has a special place in this creation, which has sometimes both historically and currently been interpreted as being a license for humans to exert a mastery over all over creatures and the planet.

The Alliance of Religions and Conservation cites a 1988 statement from the World Council of Churches as comment on this tendency and gives a good overview of a different interpretation of Christian metaphysics regarding the environment:


The drive to have "mastery" over creation has resulted in the senseless exploitation of natural resources, the alienation of the land from people and the destruction of indigenous cultures...Creation came into being by the will and love of the Triune God, and as such it possesses an inner cohesion and goodness. Though human eyes may not always discern it, every creature and the whole creation in chorus bear witness to the glorious unity and harmony with which creation is endowed. And when our human eyes are opened and our tongues unloosed, we too learn to praise and participate in the life, love, power and freedom that is God's continuing gift and grace.

Psalms 104:25,30 expresses some of the uniqueness and expanse of creation:


In wisdom you made them all, the earth is full of your creatures. There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number--living things both large and small..When you send your Spirit, they are created and you renew the earth.

And from Romans 1:20:


The Creator's eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through through the things he has made.

But Humans Must Look After It As Well
In this light, current environmental problems can be seen as examples of human selfishness and greed, as signs of the human tendency to rebel against God. Through repentance and personal change a proper appreciation of and relationship with both God and creation can be brought about. Most briefly this can be summarized as a being stewards of creation.

This statement, again from the World Council of Churches, sums up this spirit:


The divine presence of the Spirit in creation binds us human beings together will all created life. We are accountable before God in and to the community of life, an accountability which has been imagined in various ways: As servants, stewards and trustees, as tillers and keepers, as priests of creation, as nurturers, and co-creators. This requires attitudes of compassion and humility, respect and reverence.

Again, among some denominations this view is far from being the dominant one, but as the following examples illustrate, older views of the Earth being created for human exploitation are being supplanted.

www.treehugger.com/files/2011/03/stewardship-over-creation-christianity-environment.php

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That is a cool old man!! Not like we can all have horses, and our own small farms, but how refreshing to hear someone say old ways were good..
To relate it to God... and stewardship over the earth and all things on it... I like that. FAR better than these people that have no God, but go insane crying over trees, etc... everybody has to believe in something..
Each to his own,but I prefer the big picture outlook.

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Wow.. God bless you guys. Have faith.

[NoMoreLunacy]

If Jesus was here today he would personally go and drill in ANWR.

[cme1201]

If Jesus were here today, the world would be condemned.

Plain and simple.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Environmentalism is the new home of statism. When they co-opt Jesus and Christianity it is only insomuch as it serves their cause. Their ultimate master is satan, and this is his religion as is all false religion. It is ultimately to subjegate mankind- because we know the Theif cometh to steal, to kill, and to destroy. Environmentalism perverts the scripture to take from mankind our rightful place as the firstfruits of all creation, and turn stewardship over the Earth into slavery to it- and its little god. Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

[swamp]

Jun 17, 2011 6:54:10 GMT -5 cme1201 said:

If Jesus were here today, the world would be condemned.

Plain and simple.

If Jesus were here today, he'd be locked in a mental institution, medicated, and diagnosed with suffering from a Messiah Complex.

[cme1201]

Jun 17, 2011 9:20:04 GMT -5 swamp said:

Jun 17, 2011 6:54:10 GMT -5 cme1201 said:

If Jesus were here today, the world would be condemned.

Plain and simple.

If Jesus were here today, he'd be locked in a mental institution, medicated, and diagnosed with suffering from a Messiah Complex.

Unless he turned Water into wine then we could all be friends.

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If Jesus were here today, he would post on internet forums under the pseudonym "palmbeachpaul".


Wait a second. I just realized. JESUS IS HERE!!!!!!

[NoMoreLunacy]

If Jesus were here today he would personally burn some fossil fuel to contribute to global warming.

[swamp]

Jun 17, 2011 9:21:21 GMT -5 Lady Gaga Gaga Snerd said:

You can't have a Messiah Complex if you really are the Messiah.

Nobody would believe him that he is the messiah.

[NoMoreLunacy]

Jun 17, 2011 9:29:40 GMT -5 swamp said:

Jun 17, 2011 9:21:21 GMT -5 Lady Gaga Gaga Snerd said:

You can't have a Messiah Complex if you really are the Messiah.

Nobody would believe him that he is the messiah.

What if he started a talk show on right wing radio?

[swamp]

Jun 17, 2011 9:31:08 GMT -5 NoMoreLunacy said:

Jun 17, 2011 9:29:40 GMT -5 swamp said:

Nobody would believe him that he is the messiah.

What if he started a talk show on right wing radio?

I thought Jesus was kinda liberal, so he'd be more likely to be on NPR.

[NoMoreLunacy]

Jun 17, 2011 9:31:56 GMT -5 swamp said:

Jun 17, 2011 9:31:08 GMT -5 NoMoreLunacy said:

What if he started a talk show on right wing radio?

I thought Jesus was kinda liberal, so he'd be more likely to be on NPR.

Blasphemy!

[swamp]

Jun 17, 2011 9:34:20 GMT -5 NoMoreLunacy said:

Jun 17, 2011 9:31:56 GMT -5 swamp said:

I thought Jesus was kinda liberal, so he'd be more likely to be on NPR.

Blasphemy!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, I'm going to hell.

[ed1066]

Jun 17, 2011 9:21:21 GMT -5 Lady Gaga Gaga Snerd said:

You can't have a Messiah Complex if you really are the Messiah.

[floridayankee]

Jun 17, 2011 9:29:40 GMT -5 swamp said:

Jun 17, 2011 9:21:21 GMT -5 Lady Gaga Gaga Snerd said:

You can't have a Messiah Complex if you really are the Messiah.

Nobody would believe him that he is the messiah.

I wouldn't say nobody. Nearly every self declared messiah has had followers. Some will believe, some won't believe. It would be just like the first time he was allegedly here.

[swamp]

Jun 17, 2011 9:56:40 GMT -5 @ed1066 said:

Jun 17, 2011 9:21:21 GMT -5 Lady Gaga Gaga Snerd said:

You can't have a Messiah Complex if you really are the Messiah.

Ed, how are you going to know he really is Jesus?

[Cookies Galore]

Jun 17, 2011 14:34:13 GMT -5 Lady Gaga Gaga Snerd said:

It is a moot point. He was already here. Next time he comes is on a cloud during the Rapture.

I'd like to think he'll be riding a thunderbolt blasting some AC/DC.