Global warming: Stewardship

I was going to hold off on this for a day or two, but a sister in Christ shot to the bullseye of the matter. Please take a moment to read her thoughtful assessment here.

Continuing on her thread: sadly, meteorology has never been a precise science, climatology even less so. What effect man (tiny) has on the climate of the earth (humongous) is even more debatable than what the temperature will be tomorrow or whether or not it will rain. Richard Lindzen of MIT is one of the experts trying to dampen the climate panic providing argument that our planet goes through temperature cycles, a little warmer here, a little warmer there.

Perhaps the greatest concern about today's eco-extremism (those who advocate no plastics, no fossil fuel, etc.) is that such measures are creating greater problems within civilization through unnecessary government constraints (notice what the bio-fuel mandates have wrought in national and international food stocks and prices).

Stewardship is HUGE! Why? Because God commands it (as pointed out in the linked blog). We must continue to be good stewards our our own private Idahoes. While we'll not affect the climate on a macro scale, we can certainly improve cleanliness, general aesthetics, and the overall productivity of our resources (note: stewardship does not mean leaving something alone or in its feral state).

And isn't it a tad arrogant for man to think he could destroy the planet thus derailing God's already delineated plan? We cannot conform the Bible to man's theories.

Beyond that, we trust God to unfold His plan while we tend to our gardens. It's like all of life's stewardship: we plan to live for 100 years but are prepared to go home with Him tomorrow.