tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8387940083893553019.post10801777736433109..comments2023-08-20T07:15:35.499-07:00Comments on Acorns for Thought: Is this "Sustainable"?charles wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10597535332875987884noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8387940083893553019.post-69218350235490152102011-03-28T11:51:51.377-07:002011-03-28T11:51:51.377-07:00Really interesting graph. I know that that populat...Really interesting graph. I know that that population will not be sustained if we can efficiently feed them. Animal rights groups are applying pressure making it harder for farmers to do their jobs. If we can farm, we can feed people. <br /><br />www.cdycattle.blogspot.comcrystal.cattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06186009489091257926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8387940083893553019.post-75527367039083692002011-03-11T11:25:10.221-08:002011-03-11T11:25:10.221-08:00Official Photographer:
Interesting question. Can...Official Photographer: <br /><br />Interesting question. Can population control be conducted in such a way so as not to offend God? On a personal level, I certainly hope so, since my wife and I have used various forms of birth control for that purpose with no intenet to insult God. I would refer back to the theologians for the various answers to that question from scripture and church history. The answer has been greatly debated. <br /><br />If we are trying to "Save the earth" on the grand scale, I am not so sure. I would suggest that man is a part of a larger plan to bring glory to God and that "saving the earth" would be God's concern. I feel like man greatly overestimates his abilities and place in creation by thinking he can move some of these things around by his own might (ie. global warming (it was global cooling when I was in school), population control). The biblical story of the "tower of babel" would be an illustration of this idea.<br /><br />None of this should excuse us from personal responsibility to be good stewards of what has been entrusted to us. But we need not be panicked about the future implications as some would have us believe. God will sort it all out, not me/us.<br /><br />Thanks for your thoughts.charles wildmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10597535332875987884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8387940083893553019.post-59995493731082123042011-02-26T04:52:17.259-08:002011-02-26T04:52:17.259-08:00A couple thoughts about this. Do you think populat...A couple thoughts about this. Do you think population control can be engaged in such a way that it is not offensive to God? I.e., embarking on a thorough campaign of education about the end results of trends like the one pictured above, and then providing incentives for people to make the choice to limit their own reproduction (as opposed to forced population controls as carried out in China)? Should such a thing work, would you call it us saving ourselves, or God saving us? Or us saving ourselves by using our (theoretically) God-given talent for choosing in some instances to apply logic over emotion?<br /><br />Not that it matters because I am just some random person on the Internet, but I like your blog. Even though I find myself disagreeing with some of what you write, I love it that you're putting your thoughts out there in a fairly nonjudgmental way and encouraging a thoughtful dialog.Luridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396710898271581310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8387940083893553019.post-79103638613645124382011-02-23T06:48:08.162-08:002011-02-23T06:48:08.162-08:00I shared your blog at:
http://www.thewildberrypatc...I shared your blog at:<br />http://www.thewildberrypatch.com/?p=954Christihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06082820341779976506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8387940083893553019.post-69735996055390053342011-02-23T06:44:09.407-08:002011-02-23T06:44:09.407-08:00Hey, that's a very familiar piece of art! I d...Hey, that's a very familiar piece of art! I didn't realize you guys liked it so much.<br /><br />And to have it with such a very well thought out article! Maranatha, brother!Christihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06082820341779976506noreply@blogger.com