There Is Time For Global Warming
For those environmentalists out there, I'm sorry if you find that my post somehow, in any way, offends you. It is not intentional. My purpose here is to share my point of view about the ever trendy topic: global warming. Just to let the readers know that I have been taught Christian values ever since I was young. Perhaps my way of thinking is different from others with different beliefs. It may even very well be debatable among Christians themselves. Ultimately, there is no definite right or wrong answer to opinions.
Global warming is already happening, and no efforts are enough to slow it down. It happens by the will of God.
Can God restore the Earth? Sure, He created the Earth. I'm sure He can restore the Earth if He is willing. But the questions are, why did He create such a planet with an end in mind? Isn't He the perfect God? Didn't he calculate and measure the lifetime of our lovely Mother Earth when He first created it? Why didn't He make it to infinity? Didn't He know that the Earth will depreciate over time? Why did He make it such a way that the ice in the poles will melt? Didn't He know the climate will change? And why would He put the oil and gases beneath the Earth?
I believe God with all of His power and might, knew the very exact details of what will happen to the beloved Earth, and when will the Earth vanish. But why all of us, people, question the sustainability of our planet when our sole purpose is to worship God in the first place? Why are we so worried about the Earth?
God created the Earth for us to live in. Before human beings, He created water, the air, plants, the sun, birds and animals. Why were we created last? Because God wanted us to enjoy the Earth with all its convenience. We have water to drink, fruits and vegetables to eat, and animals to help us.
But that's not enough. He created us with a mighty brain, with spirit and soul. We can think and do wonders because we are created by God's image. Therefore, human invented things because we have creativity and imaginations to do innovations. God provided the oil, we invented the fuel. God provided Argon, we invented electricity. God created fire, we invented cooked-food. And soon enough, everything else God provided became inspirations. We hate to torture the horses, therefore we came up with cars. But cars without fuels are such an inconvenience, it is actually a downgrade from travelling by horses. Since God provided us with oil, we use it as the source of energy. The eagles were the inspiration for airplanes. The eyes were the inspiration for projectors and cameras. The flowers were the inspiration for clothes. The wood were the inspiration for paper, and so on. We use our logic and curiosity to innovate, until today. Are we regretting all these?
So now, with all these conveniences, are we saying that it is our fault that global warming occurs? Are we blaming ourselves for our inventions for the convenience of fellow human beings? God told us to rule the Earth, did we do anything wrong? Imagine if we never ever invented conveniences. We have to travel by horses and camels, or perhaps bicycles. Furthermore, it is almost impossible to travel to the other side of the world --unless you are talking about rowing boats-- because airplanes are WAY too eco-unfriendly. And obviously, no motor boats or ships. And no air-cons, no refrigerators, no cars, and basically no everything that we own because all of them are factory-made. Is this what we call effectiveness? We have to stop all our activities when the sky is dark because... it is simply pitch-black out there and down here. The moon alone is clearly not enough to be the only source of light at night -- unless we are talking about fire. But then again, building fire requires wood. And it is dangerous, especially to small children.
The Bible clearly says that we have to witness to everyone. Inevitably, witnessing is made quicker and possible to reach to the unreachable parts of the Earth because of the existence of the airplanes. Imagine during Haiti earthquake and Aceh Tsunami. If there were no airplanes I believe the victims would not receive such extensive medical aids and food in time. Therefore, I think all these inventions are good and are made to help people reach efficiency and effectiveness. I believe God is happy with them too.
In addition, some people say that there are natural consequences in everything we do, and global warming is one of them. We abuse the Earth, therefore we have to pay for the consequences.
In my opinion, I don't believe that global warming is the consequence that us human have to experience. If that's the case, why is God being so unfair in making the entire Earth sink? I'm sure the Europeans have polluted the Earth way beyond the Asians even knew that light bulbs existed. People in some part of the Earth travel by cars more often that the others. If we are talking about natural consequences, I believe that people in urban areas should suffer from the climate change while those living in villages and mountains shouldn't even care about recycling. Why are we, the urbanites, travelling all the way (by plane!) to rural areas to teach them how to reduce, reuse, and recycle? Are we indirectly asking them to be responsible for our own wrongdoings? What they do has nothing to do with damaging the Earth. We, who use the air-conditioners all the time and turn on our laptops and computers 24 hours a day should feel guilty. The people in rural areas are, in fact, closer to the nature than ever. They shouldn't feel guilty about what happened to the Planet Earth. Thus, I find it hard to accept that global warming is a natural consequence that every human being should endure.
Please don't get me wrong. I still support the 3Rs and I still practice them in my everyday life because they help me save money. However, I am not committing myself to 3Rs completely in expense to my convenience. I still use the Air-con and travel by plane. All I'm saying is that we can do nothing to slow down the climate change. Global warming exists because there is time to everything. It may be time for the Earth to retire, who knows? If God thinks the Earth should extinct, trust me, He has provided a far greater place for you and me to live in.
