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i am getting very tired of this sentiment. luckily, i think most christians are changing their views on caring for the environment. there was a time not long ago where most christians would tell you that the world will end one day so why bother caring for her?

these people are so misguided it makes me sick. that may sound arrogant, and if so, then i apologize for my arrogance. but i will not apologize for confronting the idiocy that says we can use, destroy, and waste the world's resources because..."God gave us the earth, so we might as well." and don't forget the ever popular, 'the sooner the world falls apart, the sooner Jesus will come back!"

i am glad christians are beginning to stand up for the planet God gave us to care for. while we were given the earth to rule over, these people are forgetting what that kind of leadership looks like. God gave us the earth to rule over it, in the same way that he rules over us. at youth group last night, we read matthew 20:20-28, and while Jesus is not speaking about the environment, i think we can glean the same principle for this topic. the rulers of the Gentiles lord their authority over them, but that is not how followers of Jesus are to be. we are to be a different set of rulers. we are to be rulers like Jesus. we are to care for creation, in the same way that we believe God cares for his creation, us.

the topic of climate change has sort of fallen into the background with the faltering economy, but it is my sincere hope that followers of Christ will never stop caring for the world that has been entrusted to us. i am a hypocrite in many ways, as i don't recycle all the time, and am very wasteful at times. but i am trying to change for the better. and i pray that the church will do this as well.