GA wrote
at 3:24pm
Living life is not an all-or-nothing choice. Just as the earth is in a balance, so are the choices of a person's life. I'm just concerned your priorities are slowly being centered more on protecting the earth from future destruction. I see this as negative, because there are more important decisions that are eternal [like missed opportunities for the salvation of others?]. One last thought: Colossians 2:8 (NIV) See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.
LB wrote
at 1:48pm
and humanas cutting down forests to make useless merchandise (i know lots of it is for houses, firewood etc etc) is just speeding up the destruction. we're ruining the air, depleting water supplies, polluting the water that's left, killing and eating and skinning endangered species. i for one want future generations to be able to breathe, drink, and enjoy all the beauty that God created. we need to appreciate it while it's here, even though it will all be gone eventually. it's like saying we should all go do drugs, because we're going to die anyway.
LB wrote
at 1:43pm
it's from a song.
and we're supposed to be "stewards of the earth." you're being cynical.
GA wrote
at 12:36am
"looks like a perfect day to put our soldiers in an early grave."
Our troops choose to join that fighting machine (otherwise known as the US Military). In related news, there hasn't been a draft in quite some time.
It all comes down to a matter of choice: preemptive strike in foreign lands (with low losses on our side and high losses for the enemy), or terrorist attacks on true innocents, the civilians on US soil. 9/11, never forget.
GA wrote
at 12:25am
We shouldn't go and ruin everything, but trying hard to preserve anything that is being destroyed or is in danger is a vain effort. Things are even lost without man's destruction. The Ice age brought Mammoths to extinction, no one could do anything about it; some things are just out of our control. Furthermore, there are far too many things we think are in our control that aren't... for example: http://acuf.org/issues/issue62/060624cul.asp
In the end, everything will be gone. Just think, all of our efforts will be for nothing when the earth dies. Of course I'm sure the Sun would die out before heat death, but a dead sun would surely annihilate the ecosystem.
LB wrote
at 11:40pm yesterday
yeah. that doesn't changemy mind at all.
even if that is happening, we are still responsible for what we do to the earth. we're supposed to protect it and the living things in it. just because someone has a theory doesn't mean we can just go around ruining everything.
GA shared a link
at 11:18pm yesterday
I know you are a strong believer in protecting the earth from the destructive tendencies of mankind, but... I have a little secret to share with you. The term is "heat death" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death
Wikipedia excerpt on: Heat death of the universe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_death
The heat death is a possible final state of the universe, in which it has "run down" to a state of no thermodynamic free energy to sustain motion or life. In physical terms, it has reached maximum entropy. ...
LB wrote
at 12:24am on March 1st, 2008
and ooooh yeah - only like .3% of the earth's water is fresh/drinkable. isn't that crazy?
LB wrote
at 12:24am on March 1st, 2008
not really, actually. i mean technically yes, but no.
there are water aquifers underground that have taken millions (or 'thousands') of years to fill and we (humans) are using it up at such a rate that the aquifers will not rifill in our lifetimes. yeaaaah. lame. so that's like a main source of the water we use. there are fresh lakes/streams/rivers too, but then we're polluting those. :(
GA wrote
at 10:03pm on February 29th, 2008
"si! si! and it takes like 5 gallons of water to make one gallon of ethanol. it's such a waste. we're depleting water supplies so quickly and not giving them a chance to recover. and it takes like 6 units of energy to make one for ethanol. i hate it."
Erm, water isn't a renewable resource?