I know a lot of Christians who have no problem viewing things like slavery, racial persecution and poverty as problems to be addressed by the church as justice issues, but seem to draw the line at "living green".Since there seems to be so much liberal extremism in the global warming and population camps we tend as Christians to throw the baby out w/ the bathwater. I may not believe that man is the main cause of global warming but that doesn't mean I want my grandchildren to live in a polluted, toxic, petrochemical waste dump where species are becoming extinct due to man's poor stewardship and greed either. It is also sobering to realize that we in the western world remove natural resources from other countries without making sure that the processes and labor used benefit (or at least don't harm!) the community they are taken from.
We also want what we want when we want it and are really not willing to bend very much. Case in point; the major dishwasher detergent brands have had to remove phosphates from their formulations recently. Phosphates keep water spots from forming on dishes and help detergents to slide off glass and porcelain so removing it makes some glassware look cloudy, but phosphates also cause algae overgrowth (thus removing oxygen from the water and killing fish) in the streams and rivers that receive the waste water. There has been quite an outcry and people have been quoted as saying they are stockpiling the older formula dishwasher detergent just so their dishes won't appear spotted. Too many of us are not concerned with stewarding what we have been blessed with. The big question I'm asking myself is where is my heart in things like this? Am I too addicted to comfort and ease to even want to bother asking myself questions about how I live and why? What does God's Word say about stewardship and what should my attitude be?
No comments:
Post a Comment