Romans 1:25
It seems that “papal text” has little relation with what’s in the Bible.
It’s one thing to disagree with certain environmental policies or to question global warming, it’s another to assert that man has a right to wantonly destroy or pollute the environment. Are you asserting the latter?
Maybe, perhaps as an afterthought the Pope might want to mention Christian persecution, millions dead by abortion, acceptance of perversion, fighting Islamic jihad, etc. I’m glad I stopped going to church decades ago.
I guess my copy of the Ten Commandments is defective. It says nothing about being stewards of God's creation. Furthermore, the commandment "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" directly prohibits the worship of created things (trees, rocks, animals, astronomical bodies, or another human being.)
In the same article: "Paul the Apostle identifies the worship of created things (rather than the Creator) as the cause of the disintegration of sexual and social morality in his letter to the Romans."
At most one could point at this quote:
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.But this still does not imply stewardship. It talks about complete ownership of all the Earth's biosphere by humans, wisely or not, as God did not add "as long as your actions are good for the climate."
This does not mean, of course, that humans shouldn't keep their home clean. I do my best with my house; however I do not worship my house, and certainly I'm not going to sacrifice my needs in order to protect this tile or that area of wall paint. If necessary, I will damage them today and repair them tomorrow. This process does not require involvement of the Pope; at most I call a contractor.
He sounds more like ALGORE every day.
Our federal head (Adam and Eve) betrayed God by eating the forbidden fruit and mankind died spiritually that day. Betraying the environment is nothing in comparison to what they did.
But the Amazing thing is that God made the first sacrifice for their clothing out of animal skins - symbolizing the sacrifice of His son in the place of folks like us. Anyone who believes it is Christ alone that atoned their sins may escape the penalty of their sins (eternal punishment) and have abundant life everlasting instead.
This Pope is starting to tick me off.
How exactly am I destroying this earth? I want details. If he’s accusing me of doing a wrong, then specify the exact wrongdoing. I want to know where and how I have sinned.
Ha ha what a joke Pope, how did you Catholics get stuck with this winner?
Pope Francis (D-Rome)
Reaping the bounty of the earth is neither good or bad, if done with a clear conscience of faith. After hundreds of millions of years, the earth has not always been the paradise it is now and certainly will not remain so in the future. We are in a Goldilocks period and yet we fret over inevitable change.
“As stewards of God’s creation, we are called to make the earth a beautiful garden for the human family. When we destroy our forests, ravage our soil and pollute our seas, we betray that noble calling..”
I agree with this, which is why opposing socialism is so important. Nowhere has environmental destruction and a blind eye to the consequences of pollution been more rampant than in communist/socialist dictatorships. The idea that conservatives are anti-environment is untrue, and shouldn’t be tolerated.
If any of us believed that the data were truly showing/supportive of the anthropomorphic destruction of our planetary environment, we would be in favor of aggressive action. As it is, most of us, I would presume, are in favor of seeking out technological advancements that allow us to produce cleaner energy in a sustainable manner. We don’t, however, think that in the absence of those technologies, unilaterally destroying our economy by drastically altering our energy use makes any sense - especially given that the data are by no means definitive, or even consistent.
Comrade Pope espousing his Marxist/Leninist economics and his environmental Global Warming Jihad is definitely not gathering a conservative following.
And the pope does it again
they paved over a lot of mother gaia to make vatican city.
when will he get rid of the obvious former sins of his predecessors?
Did the pope fly to Manila in coach on a regular scheduled airline flight, or did he charter a jet?
If it’s the latter, he should practice what he preaches when it comes to the environment.
Worship The Creator not the things He created.
So, God created this planet and within it, the hydrocarbon reserves that now fuel its inhabitants’ way of life. And by burning these same hydrocarbons, we are going to “kill” his creation? I don’t think so. Sounds like Gaia worship to me.
So blowing smoke when a Pope is selected isn’t symbolic.
If you have a leaky roof in your house and try to fix it, or hire someone to do so, are you worshipping your house, or merely taking care (stewardship) of your home?