This is how the Bible begins. He created the earth before he created humans, and we are to care for it. Creation is the first scripture because it is evidence of His greatness.
1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
2 for he founded it on the seas
and established it on the waters.
Psalms 24:1-2
Whether or not you believe in Climate Change, Christians should want to care about our world and its resources, especially water. I stand with Standing Rock and against all pipelines. As Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger said, we are going to run out of oil and coal, so we should be finding alternative sources of energy like wind and solar which are renewable resources. If America is great, then we should be able to create jobs in this area AND preserve our earth. This is something scientists and Christians should be able to agree on.
It's not a surprise to me that Trump wants the DAPL to continue. He does, after all, have financial interest in it. I'm also not surprised about his conflicts of interest, but that's a topic for another day. My concern is with American Christians who know that we are to care for this earth, yet they want to regress from the progress we've made towards renewable energy. It's no secret that there are wars fought over resources like oil, and I feel that America has the brains and creativity to move forward with renewable resources to end at least one cause of war. I can't say how much this frustrates me. The electoral college elected a man who does not care about protecting God's first gift to us... And the original US citizens are getting screwed again. Actually, we all are. I pray that the rest of the world will continue to progress in this area since the US will not be leading.
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