Posted on 05/23/2024 10:37:50 AM PDT by ebb tide
The discussion on climate has been primarily from a fact-based or scientific perspective. But what about a theological perspective? Might God actually have something to say about the climate He made? Hubris is certainly a danger in trying to determine God’s opinion, but an attempt to discern His thoughts on this important subject seems worth the risk. Hopefully, theological truth will be presented, and more discussion will be generated about God’s view of His climate.
The Bible will be the main source of reference. We will explore seven basic theological premises. This article is not designed to be an in-depth theological treatise and will, therefore, keep the discussion on a basic level. To be clear, the author is not a professional theologian, but one who does believe in the truths contained in the Bible.
Obviously, there has been a great deal of negative bias generated by the climate issue, and bad news gets more publicity. Hopefully, readers will be encouraged by our optimistic findings. I say “our” because I received some valuable outside input.
Why would an investment firm care about climate? Our corporate interest on this subject began about two years ago when we as an investment firm began to explore in greater depth the effects of CO2 on climate as the result of fossil fuels. We had to answer the question, “Should a socially responsible investment firm be using traditional oil and gas energy stocks for our investment portfolios?” We did a considerable amount of fact-based research and concluded that the CO2 generated by fossil fuels was not a problem for the climate. But the research did generate some additional theological considerations which eventually led to this article.
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Seven Theological Premises. Each of the following seven premises contain a Bible verse and a brief conclusion. Each premise is brief in order to fit more easily as a separate tweet on Twitter.
Premise #1 – Lasting Foundations. “He established the earth upon its foundations, so that it will not totter forever and ever.” Psalms 104:5
God built the earth, including its climate, to last for a LONG time.
Premise #2 – What God created was good. “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” Genesis 1: 31
Premise #3 – Room for billions. “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth” -Genesis 1:22
If a loving God wanted to fill the earth with people, surely He would have created a climate that could handle billions. He did.
Premise #4 – The balance of CO2 and O2. “Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?” -Job 37:16
People, animals, and fossil fuels use O2 and emit CO2. Plants use CO2 and emit O2. What an amazing auto-balancing system!
Premise #5 – Oceans have boundaries. “For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, an eternal decree, so it cannot cross over it. Though the waves toss, … though they roar, yet they cannot cross over it.” Jeremiah 5:22
God will not allow the sea to flood our coast lands.
Premise #6 – God gave us fossil fuels. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights.” James 1:17
Did God give America a HUGE amount of oil and gas and tell us not to use it? Inconceivable!
Premise #7 – God remains active. “He causes the grass to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the labor of man, so that he may bring forth food from the earth and wine which makes man’s heart glad.” Psalm 104:15-16
God remains actively working to keep our climate healthy.
Conclusion God, in His infinite wisdom and mercy, has arranged the earth, together with its climate, to be stable, self-correcting, and able to handle billions of people. Furthermore, God remains active in the “management” of the earth and its climate for the benefit of its inhabitants. Of course, man has an important responsibility, but it should be comforting to know that an all-powerful, all-loving God is actively overseeing His creation. Therefore, from a theological perspective, there is great hope for our climate.
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This article was originally published by Carter LeCraw, CEO, American Values Investments, Inc. on X (formerly Twitter). Republished with permission.
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Since this article is about Christians not worrying about the climate, I'll throw some Bible info into it.
1) The downward slope from above the 4 (4 thousand years ago, 2000 BC) that bottoms out at about 3,300 to 3,500 years ago (maybe 1500 BC) corresponds to the era of the Jewish patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob). Something to think about when reading the stories of shortages of food (i.e. Abraham and his nephew Lot having to part ways, the famine that Joseph managed as a ruler in Egypt). Ultimately that cooling period bottoms around the time of Moses's ministry.
2) From that point temps rise for centuries and top out around 11 century BC BC. This is called the Minoan Warm Period (not labeled in the graph, it's the red hump to the left of the Roman Climate Optimum). This rising of temps corresponds to the Era of Judges.
3) Where that tops off and goes back down is the Greek Dark Age cooling period, which corresponds to the Era of Kings. That bottomed out maybe 2nd or 3rd century BC.
4) The Roman Warm Period was going on during the time of Christ and the apostles (when the New Testament was written).
Even if the climate kills us all, Christians will be resurrected. The resurrection is our primary hope.
Premise #2 That what God created is good., also refutes the whole transgender idiocy.
The biggest reason is not theological which is that Climate Change is thoroughly bogus.
Because the whole thing is pile of BS, a mass hoax intended to increase dictatorial government power?
Hell is the only place with global warming.
My whole problem with man caused global warming from the moment I heard about it was that God would not seem likely to me to so wildly under spec the mechanism.
Exactly.
And it never stops!
That’s it, right there
That’s right.
That’s absolutely correct!
Hey, the weather in heaven will be perfect all the time.
What’s to worry?
Premise #6 – God gave us fossil fuels
The Chinese were drilling for gas and oil 2000 years age.
So Earth's climate has always been as it is now, unchanged? The evidence strongly suggests otherwise ... climate change is not bogus, it is constant.
The idea that our practice of burning coal, petroleum, and terrestrial methane has any effect on climate change seems to be bogus.
“ The idea that our practice of burning coal, petroleum, and terrestrial methane has any effect on climate change seems to be bogus.”
That’s what I said. Did you not notice I capitalized Climate Change?
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