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I usually try to respect religion as much as possible but, as an environmentalist and what I believe to be a pretty decent person, it really frustrates me that Christians believe the destruction of our planet ushers in their most important prophecy
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The vast majority of Christians that I’ve talked to or interacted with online seem to believe that all the pollution, climate change, wars, and discourse are “God’s will” and that there is nothing we should do to try to change it. I just think that in such a critical time in human history, we should be doing as much as we can to try to reverse our situation instead of sitting back and letting it take it’s course

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 22h

it’s not that we shouldn’t try, but that there is no point. From my perspective, there is nothing ppl can do to stop an all powerful God’s will from happening, believing otherwise would contradict his all powerful-ness. You don’t have to believe there is a God, but that’s just us being consistent with what we believe.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 21h

Yes but even Christians should discern God’s will from the actions of men. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m under the impression that mankind has freewill and that God is unable to make choices for us. So we should be doing everything we can to try to reverse choices and policies that actively harm our planet and future generations instead of just accepting it because that’s what’s “supposed to happen.”

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 19h

Calvinists don’t believe we have free will (i think that’s what they’re called). But I think we do have free will so I agree with you; we should try to better the world in all areas (environment, politics, etc.), that’s why I don’t subscribe to nihilism. All I am saying is that the unfulfilled prophecies in the bible that Christians believe will happen in the so called “end times” show that our current situation will not improve.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 19h

juxtaposing that with free will is strange because that begs the question: If God knows what i’ll choose, was it really my choice? But whatever does end up happening and whatever we do choose, Christians believe it all ends up fulfilling the final prophecies (which I think will involve nuclear warfare due to the intriguing wording of the book of revelations).

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 18h

But you understand what a profound loss it would be if the only planet we’ve ever known to host life became uninhabitable because of us right?

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