Reflections on Earth Day
Tomorrow is Earth Day. Do you know when it all started? What it stands for?
Earth Day was founded by Sen. Gaylord Nelson. The first official Earth Day was on April, 22, 1970. Basically, he got a grass-roots movement started in conjunction with the "make love, not war" crowd protesting the Vietnam War.
Environmentalism works that way. If you go to a "hug a tree rally" (you take your pick), you will inevitably find people protesting pro-lifers, Bush, the war in Iraq, etc. You get my point. Environmentalism is just a platform for other issues and an expensive one at that! Government has realized that they can make millions off of this idea and everyone is latching on to it.
I refuse to be a part of it. I don't even recycle (gasp!). On a website (www.earthday.net) there is resource material on climate change. Not to bore you with all of the particulars, but they have some very telling comments which I have quoted below:
"[Global] Warming and population growth together can produce shortages that lead to the exploitation of sensitive areas like hillsides, flood plains, coastal areas, and wetlands...Human population growth and climate change are critically linked. First, the size of the population and its activities will be major factors in the extent of warming...Human population growth and climate change are critically linked. First, the size of the population and its activities will be major factors in the extent of warming...whether the population is bigger but level or even bigger and growing—depends on fertility and mortality trends and access to reproductive health services and education, particularly in the developing world...Greater human numbers may limit the ways societies can respond or adapt to a rise in sea level, changes in precipitation patterns, and other products of warming."
There are a few code words in this mantra, the most explosive one being "reproductive health services and education" a.k.a. abortion. The basic idea of this quote: human population/growth can effect things such as sea levels, the wetlands, precipitation, etc. ARE THEY NUTS? The last I checked, God was in control of all of these factors, not humans! It is arrogant to think we have any control over such things and a sign of complete lack of faith that God will not provide for us! And then to have the audacity to tie this all in with abortion is ridiculous!
I tell ya what...when they stop dumping pre-born children in the trash, I'll stop dumping my paper and plastic in the trash!
I have a big carbon footprint and I'm proud of it! (Copyright 2008)...a potential t-shirt slogan, among others!
What do you think?
Earth Day was founded by Sen. Gaylord Nelson. The first official Earth Day was on April, 22, 1970. Basically, he got a grass-roots movement started in conjunction with the "make love, not war" crowd protesting the Vietnam War.
Environmentalism works that way. If you go to a "hug a tree rally" (you take your pick), you will inevitably find people protesting pro-lifers, Bush, the war in Iraq, etc. You get my point. Environmentalism is just a platform for other issues and an expensive one at that! Government has realized that they can make millions off of this idea and everyone is latching on to it.
I refuse to be a part of it. I don't even recycle (gasp!). On a website (www.earthday.net) there is resource material on climate change. Not to bore you with all of the particulars, but they have some very telling comments which I have quoted below:
"[Global] Warming and population growth together can produce shortages that lead to the exploitation of sensitive areas like hillsides, flood plains, coastal areas, and wetlands...Human population growth and climate change are critically linked. First, the size of the population and its activities will be major factors in the extent of warming...Human population growth and climate change are critically linked. First, the size of the population and its activities will be major factors in the extent of warming...whether the population is bigger but level or even bigger and growing—depends on fertility and mortality trends and access to reproductive health services and education, particularly in the developing world...Greater human numbers may limit the ways societies can respond or adapt to a rise in sea level, changes in precipitation patterns, and other products of warming."
There are a few code words in this mantra, the most explosive one being "reproductive health services and education" a.k.a. abortion. The basic idea of this quote: human population/growth can effect things such as sea levels, the wetlands, precipitation, etc. ARE THEY NUTS? The last I checked, God was in control of all of these factors, not humans! It is arrogant to think we have any control over such things and a sign of complete lack of faith that God will not provide for us! And then to have the audacity to tie this all in with abortion is ridiculous!
I tell ya what...when they stop dumping pre-born children in the trash, I'll stop dumping my paper and plastic in the trash!
I have a big carbon footprint and I'm proud of it! (Copyright 2008)...a potential t-shirt slogan, among others!
What do you think?
Wow. Well, to each his own on the subject of recycling, but to me its always been a common sense no-brainer to recycle what can be used over again in some way. I caught that bug from a 4-H project many years ago......probably in 1970. I've never been to a "hug a tree rally" and I don't pay attention to Earth Day (until your post mentioned it).I talked my mom into recycling cans back then, and I've continued recycling ever since.
Maybe your kids will help you see the light one of these days, too.
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Don't get me wrong. I have recycled before. I have lived in a town where it was mandatory. I have also lived in a town where it is voluntary and have actually recycled there, too.
I decided to stop recycling after I investigated the underlying agendas of those that make not recycling a mortal sin.
Have you really researched the recycling stats? I mean really researched it? This is where common sense comes in.
In the communities where recycling is mandatory, it costs more to recycle than it does to send trash to the landfill (and no, landfills are not in shortage and yes, the EPA monitors them to make sure all is running the way it should)take a look at: http://www.perc.org/pdf/ps28.pdf.
I will concede that voluntary recycling is the cheapest form of recycling. I, however, stopped doing voluntary recycling when I was watching a report on the news a few years back that was very shocking to me. It claimed that having more than 3 children leaves too great of a carbon footprint on our earth and families should consider limiting the size of their families in order to let Mother Nature thrive.
Come again?
Since when were children a burden and not a blessing? This is just one hidden agenda that these left-wing groups are promoting.
In Australia, a member of their congress is trying to pass a law to tax parents that have more than 2 or 3 children (can't remember the exact number)! Don't think that lawmakers in the US won't try to do the same thing!
Our founding fathers certainly would not have advocated laws that make our method of disposing of trash mandatory. And, if you decide not to follow these laws you could be fined. It's unconstitutional!
So, groups like the Sierra Club, etc., try to make you feel guilty about not recycling. They give the "mild reasons" to recycle; to appeal to the SAHM who wants "to do something" for the environment and feel good about it. If you want to do something for the environment and your community, pick up the trash on the streets. I'm not opposed to this kind of activism. It's good physical exercise and releases a lot of carbon dioxide into the air with all of your deep breathing...oh wait, better yet, just stay inside and try not to breath! Have to limit the amount of CO2 in the air!
Another thing that I take issue with, since it is related to the environment, is the push for the new light bulbs; which, by the way, are filled with mercury. These groups want to save the fish with "high levels of mercury" but lobby for mercury-filled light bulbs to be mandatory in our homes where our children live? What if one of them breaks? Are fish more important than our children? Where is the common sense in that?
Lastly, I hope that I can enlighten my own children to question what is considered fact in society, especially by the government and these liberal groups, and not "go with the flow".
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You pulled my chain! You know you are so right and I am glad you tied in abortion to this because pro-abortion people use this to partially justify their agenda. I think we should all have a huge bon fire to celebrate earth day.
Seriously, earth day is a front for so much leftest activiry. Hugging the earth has become an idol for so many people. We know what God thinks of idols.
Have a good day.
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It is a privilege to live on the earth God created for us. I consider it a privilege to do my tiny, tiny part to help take care of that earth. The Sierra Club did not invent the idea of taking care of the earth God created. They and people like them have jumped on the environmental bandwagon.....so be it. People similar to them them also advocate feeding the hungry in underdeveloped countries. Does that mean Christians should not also work to feed the hungry?
I suppose it would be easier for me to simply toss all my plastic containers in the dumpster.....but, I can't do it......just like I can't throw litter out of my car window. I just can't do it. So I bother to have several boxes in the basement designated for plastics, cans, glass, and newspapers. When they get full, I put the boxes in the car and drop them off at the recycling center. Not a big deal, and I don't intend to go to the trouble of connecting that activity with abortion.
We live in an extremely wasteful society. Water quality is getting worse all the time. That's not the fault of people who don't recycle....mostly its the fault of chemicals used on farm fields and in industry. The earth will only be able to take so much and remain healthy, just like our bodies can tolerate only so much toxic intake. Then something has to give. Illness sets in, or the body's own survival mechanisms put there by our Creator will kick in. I believe the earth has God-given survival mechanisms.......they will kick in when needed.
If you're content with not recycling, good for you, but I am content WITH recycling.
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Jeanelle,
Don't get me wrong, if you want to recycle--go for it! I have done a great deal of research to lead me down a different path and it has now become a matter of principle for me to not recycle.
If you will allow me to make a few clarifications, however, I will.
First, groups like the Sierra Club and other environmental societies are formed primarily by atheists (the Sierra Club, by the way, is the oldest known environmental group and has a great deal of lobbying power in Washington DC to push their agendas through). They couldn't care less about what God commands us to do. These groups distort the created order of the world in which God said in Genesis to Adam and Eve to "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth". These groups view humans as encroaching on Mother Earth and believe it would be better if we were eliminated or reduced (this is where abortion and population control come in) in order for the flora and creatures to prosper. I can provide resources if you are interested...
Also, please don't equate someone who litters with a non-recycler. These are two different groups of people. I am all for cleaning up our communities, but for different reasons than you may think. Just because I or others don't recycle does not make us litter bugs. We put things in the proper place, as they should be.
I do appreciate your comments, though, Jeanelle. You are very passionate about your beliefs and I certainly do respect that about you!
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Is that big carbon footprint of yours deep and wide enough to guzzle beer from? I'm SO there...
Slainte,
Sean
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You bet it is!
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