Christians And Climate Change

Christians are often accused by the environmentalists and others of not caring for  or about our

planet. They think that since we believe in eternal life, this life and this world does not matter to us. And there might be some Christians who think that way, but the vast majority of us want clean air , water, and healthy food for ourselves and everyone else.

Furthermore, the Bible which we revere as inspired by the Holy Spirit, teaches us that this world is a gift that we are responsible to God for as one day he will call humanity to give an account for it. There is one very little known Scripture verse that is rather harsh :

"And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth." ( Revelation 11:28)

Notice the last phrase, "...destroy those who destroy the earth." That is very severe. As Christians we do not worship the earth, and we do not view humanity as "cancer on the earth", but  nevertheless we believe that we must be responsible for it.

To say that our faith causes us not to care reveals profound lack of knowledge regarding that faith. There is one more puzzle to that story though. We all know that climate is changing due to both our own actions as well as the natural forces that are beyond our control.  Many Christians do not have the problem with nations cooperating in doing something about, but they do have the problem with globalists using climate change as an excuse to consolidate power by  forcing many nations to give up parts of their sovereignty and allowing unelected bureaucrats to wield disproportionate amounts of power. This is the recipe for global dictatorship that Christians as well as many other people who value their freedom oppose. To discredit them, global elitists along with the main stream media have taken to accusing us of being "climate change deniers." This is a ploy aimed at avoiding talking about the real issues at stake.

Individual people taking responsibility for their own carbon footprint, can do more for the environment than carbon taxes and other ridiculous ploys. We would be living far greener lives long time ago if mega corporations were taken to account for their environmental pollution, and individual governments had given incentives for people to become greener by for example buying greener cars, or better yet, fewer cars. I wager that my carbon footprint is much smaller than that of some of the most stringent environmentalists, as I have never driven my own car. Our family uses just one car and I use the public transit or walk for my personal transit needs. The energy we use in our apartment is solar as we have solar panels on our roof for many years now, as well as hydro-power from Niagara Falls. We consume less and recycle... There is more that could be done on an individual and national levels without sacrificing the economy or giving up of our national sovereignty, if the elites and the media were more open to talk honestly about real issues instead of pushing their own agendas.