CynthiaCypher
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Do tell which of God's precepts is going to help us avoid the ecological catastrophe that we are about to face?
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Is It Time To Consider The Commandment "Be Fruitful And Multiply" Fulfilled?
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Do tell which of God's precepts is going to help us avoid the ecological catastrophe that we are about to face?
not nom
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no, I'm not brainwashed. big difference ^^
sandy whitelinger
Veteran Member
Loving your neighbor as yourself?
As for ecological catastrophies, I hear there might be a really large meteor approaching earth. Now THAT could really cause a problem.
not nom
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yeah, and? that means?
do you even know what resources and consumption are? or arguments, for that matter?
sandy whitelinger
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Religion: Confusedianism
sandy whitelinger
Veteran Member
Are there not enough resources that 7 billion people are alive today?
not nom
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that just means people are friendly while we cut off the branch they are sitting on.
imagine someone you love is hurt, or in danger, they ask you for help, and you say "ohh, imagine if a PLANE fell on your head! now THAT would suck!". they would think you are either unloving or crazy.
so again, not impressed by the reasoning of the optimists. not at all.
CynthiaCypher
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Just remember what the Bible said:
It is time to destroy all who have caused destruction on the earth.
You might find yourself on the wrong side of God's judgement if your attitude about this earth don't match with Gods
sandy whitelinger
Veteran Member
Yet you wish to ignore that there are 7 billion people ALIVE today. It was said that was impossible when there were only 3 billion. Why should I believe you now.
CynthiaCypher
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Not at the rate people are developing. No.
sandy whitelinger
Veteran Member
I sure God will find a host of other problems with me as well.
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
I bet She will
sandy whitelinger
Veteran Member
Being fruitful and multipying will not be one of them. I've never coveted my neighbor's ox either.:run:
not nom
Well-Known Member
yeah, that's mostly a word play, because while I do believe god exists, and that jesus is important, I otherwise pretty much find all religions equally transparent and faulty. especially their dogmatic followers.
that doesn't mean I am "confused" simply because I called it selfish to imply that having kids is nice, so that's all you need to know.
and "put the others into hell, I don't care", IS the most extreme height of selfishness. and it's very, very old. so that's why I made that statement ^^
not nom
Well-Known Member
who said that's impossible, and warned of resource depletion, when there was 3 billion? did you just make that up?
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
You have to remember that one of God's precepts is to let the earth rest and right now we aren't doing that with increased development, increasing population growth and increasing the demand on the food supply. In short we are destroying the earth
Magic Man
Reaper of Conversation
Who said it was a minor problem? Of course we can't keep the status quo much longer, hence the fact that we have to fix the problems. The point is that our problems are fixable. There are always problems we have to overcome. I don't think there's any reason to pretend the problems we face right now are too much to overcome.
Magic Man
Reaper of Conversation
No, it's more like I came home in that case and said "It's possible for me to stop smoking".
I see, so you're arguing that it's useless to expand off of Earth because it won't work. It is a huge challenge and will take a lot of work, but I don't see why it wouldn't work. I also don't see why we can't try to fix problems here while working on expanding into space.
not nom
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oh, but by the way, up to two kids per couple isn't even multiplying. it would lead to a decrease, because not all of these kids would have kids themselves.
if EVERYBODY would do it, would you be okay with nobody having more than two kids from now on, unless we found a sustainable way to be?
do people really, really have to have 5 or 10 kids? seriously?
if EVERYBODY would do it, would you be okay with nobody having more than two kids from now on, unless we found a sustainable way to be?
do people really, really have to have 5 or 10 kids? seriously?
Trey of Diamonds
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No we aren't, we are using up resources that we ourselves are dependant on. The worst that can happen is we make the planet unlivable for ourselves. The planet itself will motor on quite happily and mother nature will correct any imbalances we may have wrought, no matter if it takes 10 years or 10 thousand years or even 10 million years. All the nuclear bombs on the planet couldn't completely eradicate life on Earth. There's plenty of life percolating around volcanic vents in the ocean to repopulate the Earth after we're gone.
So when arguing about the environment remember that its our survival you are fighting for, not the Earths.