My BAD Post
Today, October 15, is Blog Action Day, when bloggers around the world unite to discuss a single issue—the environment. This is my humble contribution.
"Most Christians are Republicans. Most Republicans don't care about the environment. Therefore, most Christians don't care about the environment."
Quite a faulty syllogism in my mind. Yet, unfortunately, it's probably a common one among those who care about the environment.
I'd like to state, for the record, that just because I put God first doesn't mean I put the environment last. In fact, I'm tempted to argue that one with a God-centered, creationist world-view (like myself) has more responsibility to the environment than a humanist adhering to common evolutionary theories. After all, if our species and environment are merely the result of evolutionary processes, aren't events like climate change and consumption of resources simply part of the process?
Scripture has much to say about the environment—much more than I can cover here. Paramount, however, are the ideas that we are stewards (literally managers) over creation and that creation serves to testify to God's power and glory.
Therefore, for a Christian to neglect environmental concerns or, worse yet, wantonly abuse creation is to both ignore our call as stewards and forsake that which serves to testify on behalf of our creator.
If you are a Christian, continue to keep stewardship at the forefront of your thoughts. If you are not, I pray that you will understand that because Christians put God first, the environment should be important to them. I also pray that you will continue to catch a glimpse of God's glory through his creation daily.