tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252399.post8997383824651075582..comments2023-06-18T07:19:12.539-05:00Comments on Unseen Eternity: If NutsChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17504548881017531837noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252399.post-28373366397108803062007-03-08T12:22:00.000-05:002007-03-08T12:22:00.000-05:00Re: your "energy" link: TCPR is hardly a credible ...Re: your "energy" link: <BR/>TCPR is hardly a credible unbiased source for information about Al Gore. All the links on their site only link to conservative think tanks such as the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation, and Manhattan Institute. -Not exactly non-partisan.<BR/><BR/>The TCPR claims that Gore's mansion consumes 20 times the energy of the average household. Its statistical methods used to determine this are suspect since they include apartments and mobile homes in the average. On average, energy usage in Gore's climate zone is higher than the national average according to the Department of Energy. In that zone Gore's usage is only three (not 20) times the average. <BR/><BR/>Even if Gore does use more energy, it is worth noting that he purchases the maximum allowable green electricity from his electric company. He is known to have replaced his bulbs with their fluorescent counterparts, and is renovating his house to be outfitted with solar panels.<BR/><BR/>These are all things that Al advocates for average citizens to do. Al Gore is not running for office. He is not currently a legislator. Where's the political gain?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252399.post-515226775695583982007-03-05T18:51:00.000-05:002007-03-05T18:51:00.000-05:00I suppose my point with that verse was just to con...I suppose my point with that verse was just to confirm what you've been saying...get off your butt and do something. I also like the verse cause its the only place in the bible it talks about what God thinks of "religion" in such a direct manner, because you know what they say -- religion is man made, faith is God made.Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05192707049815938495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252399.post-31943750835655076342007-03-05T16:53:00.000-05:002007-03-05T16:53:00.000-05:00It's one thing if you're one of the people trying ...It's one thing if you're one of the people trying to make the 'if only' happen, but it's quite another if you're a person who sits back with a proverbial 'if only it were so' and doesn't do a thing about it. It's the latter sort of person who I call a hypocrite.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17504548881017531837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252399.post-4455159081003425672007-03-05T16:44:00.000-05:002007-03-05T16:44:00.000-05:00James 1:27 - "Religion that God our Father accepts...James 1:27 - "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17504548881017531837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252399.post-32089933900139111622007-03-05T16:30:00.000-05:002007-03-05T16:30:00.000-05:00James 1:27 I must be on this kick about making peo...James 1:27 <BR/><BR/>I must be on this kick about making people look up their own bible verses :)Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05192707049815938495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252399.post-53068313989050806732007-03-05T12:40:00.000-05:002007-03-05T12:40:00.000-05:00I read once that technology is now to blame for th...I read once that technology is now to blame for the plight of the poor. In "Diffusion of Innovations" by Everett Rogers, the capitalist system is seen to be very pro-innovation and so as new innovations come out, those who can afford them buy them (making them the standard) and gradually leave behind those that cannot afford them.<BR/><BR/>It's funny, but I can't help but wonder; it's so easy to blame technology as the cause, but what about the solution? I think the church is the solution, both here and in the middle east. I think that the it's nice to say the government should take care of the poor, but I also think that it's most often used as a cop-out or an excuse not to give to the poor myself; "oh, the government's doing it from my tax dollars, so I'm REALLY donating". An argument which is bogus, but nonetheless used all the time. It's like saying "my tithe goes towards missionaries so I don't have to be a witness of Jesus in my own community".Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17504548881017531837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252399.post-22418493171113073442007-03-05T00:25:00.000-05:002007-03-05T00:25:00.000-05:00Of course it is. I don't mean to say that we shou...Of course it is. I don't mean to say that we shouldn't take care of our planet - to the contrary, I believe the Christian right has neglected this value to a fault, choosing to believe instead that their actions have no consequences. You'll find my critique of this to be fairly scathing, and to that extent, please remember that I know you to be of honorable character, a person who takes care of this planet more than most.<BR/><BR/>My point was that Falwell said something important, even if it was taken out of context - if we start to worship our planet (not saying we necessarily ARE yet, though some do) before our creator, then we have to re-prioritize.<BR/><BR/>Yet Falwell is a nut. He insinuates that there's some sort of mass conspiracy about global warming. Something tells me no. He's looking to bolster his own views with false doctrines all the time. It's nothing new.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry if it came off like I think we shouldn't take care of our planet. My point is that often the people who try to champion certain causes do so because they feel guilty about something, rather than because they actually believe in it. Gore is definitely the former, and it pisses me off that he tried to turn an important issue into a political advantage. It's one of the reasons I don't like politicians - and yes, BOTH sides do it all the time; the Republicans with their gay-marriage and abortion agendas irritate me almost as much as Gore with his fau-environmentalism. It's not that they care - it's that they want votes.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17504548881017531837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252399.post-67889490525461694442007-03-04T23:09:00.000-05:002007-03-04T23:09:00.000-05:00Jerry Falwell is completely wrong. Tree hugging an...Jerry Falwell is completely wrong. <BR/>Tree hugging and creation worship is not at all what global warming is all about. <BR/>Global warming is about the consequences of a human-caused massive increase in CO2 in the atmosphere and the steady rise in average earth temperature. <BR/>Perceived hypocrisy in others (Al Gore) does not justify our own lack of response. Isn't good stewardship a core Christian value?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9252399.post-13542107459104926652007-03-04T00:46:00.000-05:002007-03-04T00:46:00.000-05:00An applicable quote by Chesterton:"Idolatry is com...An applicable quote by Chesterton:<BR/><BR/>"Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice."<BR/><BR/>I think that fits potentially with what Falwell might have been getting at. <BR/><BR/>Combine false idols with our general human apathy and you get what you describe.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115490652834675266noreply@blogger.com