Humans are responsible for the way things are today.

I am not sure mankind purposely set a definitive course to destroy the earth. :) It has happened very slowly, and we really didn't know a lot of the problems. But, the one's we did know we were causing, some very creepy people decided that making a profit was/is more important than well-being. That has harmed nature, the people, and maybe our future.
 
I guess I just don't hate myself and others the way so many seem to.

Is this guilt for a misspent, directionless, purposeless life? Chasing banners that turned to ash in the hands once caught? Or simply falling prey to propaganda meant to help cull the population by engendering despair?
 
George1959 said:
If man were really created in God's image, this would be a silly, ignorant, revengeful and mean God. For this reason I prefer to believe that God doesn't exist.
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That introduces the problem of information cropping up all by itself, and then water deciding to arrange it in a DNA code, assemble molecular machines capable of deciphering and understanding that code, and capable of following its meticulous instructions, and other molecular machines to constantly examine and repair the code. All which indicates a mind at work since, in such procedures, there is always mind involved. Molecular Machines | Varietygalore
 
What was described as progress in the past today is condemned as damaging and we are told to fear it. I suspect that cycle will continue long after all of us are gone. In the mean time, I think I'll enjoy my air conditioning and iPhone. Someone long after me can condemn them a scourge on the earth.
 
Mankind is not reflecting God's image. It is reflecting the image of the god whom they choose to worship which is Satan.

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44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.​

 
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IMO, it's a tossup between Climate Change and/or Overpopulation as to which will be the primary cause of the decline of humanity. With the advances in automation, robotics, and now, AI, the need for more people is disappearing, and as a result, the numbers living in poverty will only continue to increase. Eventually, and not too far into the future, I see a war between the "Haves", and the "Have Nots". If the Haves win, the global population will be reduced substantially, and we will unite under a common government/language, and will reach for the stars. If the Have Nots win, humanity will revert back to the Dark Ages.
 
Mankind has just become the many forgetting the needs of the few.
Natures response is to make things a whole lot harder on us of the many.
It appears that the youth respond by having smaller families. Who shall win?

Each Adult Female Deer have 2 / 3 Bambie's, population increases, 18 wheelers take them out by the 1000's.
Then Naturalists increase the number of Wolves. Farmers shoot them & Coyotes.

Nature is the winner. Destroying stuff is its way of preserving its will. Sure, we help it along some too.

Take for instance wind power. Millions of Wind Turbines running. Will the wind blow harder, stay the same or diminish
on average. Same with solar power, will more crops or less grow. Will they add to or diminish the bad weather days.
 
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I don't believe that anybody would blame cute little deer for "damaging" the environment. But they do, their deer paths wear down soil and eventually become streams. The fact is no matter what the intentions are, animal/plant activity changes the environment. We wouldn't be breathing oxygen if that hadn't happened. I'm not sure if Mr. Ed means the alteration of the planet, or the sorry state of human affairs, which can be blamed on mankind.
 
Maybe I'm wrong but I think a lot of these concerns are tied to issues that take care of themselves. This beautiful world we live in has gone through amazing cyclical changes through countless years. I just say take a breath and wait. The current cycle will run its course and we'll have a whole new group of things to concern ourselves with. Afterall in the grand scheme of things there just isn't much we can do. Flapping our arms and running in circles just doesn't do it.
 
Mr. Ed said:
Forget the Bible, forget the notion humans are superior, created in god’s image all of this is BS. The truth is all life is equal mankind just figured out how to destroy it.
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Any other cheery notes to start the day?

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C50 said:
I always say the same thing. Humans are parasites and the earth is out host, eventually the host kills the parasites or the parasites kill the host.
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There are many symbiotic relationships in the natural world.
 
I am human but I am not keen on eradicating the human race. My point is humans are corrupt, selfish beings who alter and destroy nature for self gain.
There is no stopping what has already begun except to start over. Perhaps the next world will be better off without us.
 
George1959 said:
If man were really created in God's image, this would be a silly, ignorant, revengeful and mean God
For this reason I prefer to believe that God doesn't exist.
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Adam did not resemble God in the sense of having God’s flesh and blood. Scripture says that “God is spirit” (John 4:24) and therefore exists without a body. However, Adam’s body did mirror the life of God insofar as it was created in perfect health and was not subject to death.

The image of God refers to the immaterial part of humanity. It sets human beings apart from the animal world, fits them for the dominion God intended them to have over the earth (Genesis 1:28), and enables them to commune with their Maker. It is a likeness mentally, morally, and socially....Human beings can reason and choose. This is a reflection of God’s intellect and freedom.

Morally, humanity was created in righteousness and perfect innocence, a reflection of God’s holiness. Our conscience or “moral compass” is a vestige of that original state. Whenever someone writes a law, recoils from evil, praises good behavior, or feels guilty, he or she is confirming the fact that we are made in God’s own image.

Socially, humanity was created for fellowship & God's love, reflecting God’s triune nature, God the Father, God the Son/Jesus, God the Holy Spirit). God’s image is that Adam had the capacity to make free choices.

When Adam and Eve made an evil choice to rebel they marred the image of God within themselves, and passed that damaged likeness on to all their descendants (Romans 5:12). Today, we still bear the image of God (James 3:9), but we also bear the scars of sin. Mentally, morally, socially, and physically, we show the effects of sin.

Here's a Brighter Note...Better than Ice Cream :giggle:
The good news is that God begins to restore the original image of God, creating a “new self to be like God (Ephesians 4:24) available only by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior from the sin (Ephesians 2:8-9) (2 Corinthians 5:17).
 
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Mr. Ed said:
I am human but I am not keen on eradicating the human race. My point is humans are corrupt, selfish beings who alter and destroy nature for self gain.
There is no stopping what has already begun except to start over. Perhaps the next world will be better off without us.
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I hear what you're saying Ed, but the same could be said for many other creatures as well. For example, the army of squirrels that are hell bent on stealing each and every last apple off my apple tree. They are selfish and corrupt.
 
Nathan said:
I hear what you're saying Ed, but the same could be said for many other creatures as well. For example, the army of squirrels that are hell bent on stealing each and every last apple off my apple tree. They are selfish and corrupt.
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But they're just animals @Nathan acting on instinct. Humans are more intelligent than that. We are smart enough to see an advantage to corporate greed and this is what is contributing to the destruction.
 
Paco Dennis said:
I am not sure mankind purposely set a definitive course to destroy the earth. :) It has happened very slowly, and we really didn't know a lot of the problems. But, the one's we did know we were causing, some very creepy people decided that making a profit was/is more important than well-being. That has harmed nature, the people, and maybe our future.
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A guy used geolocation devices to follow America's recycling and find out where it finally winds up, and how it gets repurposed. The trail ended at massive remote properties in Turkey and I think China, where tons of aluminum cans and plastic bottles are just dumped after being transported from cargo ships.

And according to this guy, American tax dollars pay those countries annually to "recycle" our recyclables. But apparently, once these cargo ships full of recyclables leave our coast, no official or agency or any authority cares what happens to it. There's no follow-up, no rules, no inspections, and no reports.

So, basically, according to this guy, a chunk of our taxes is used to pay governments to take our garbage away.
 
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But they're just animals @Nathan acting on instinct. Humans are more intelligent than that. We are smart enough to see an advantage to corporate greed and this is what is contributing to the destruction.
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Humans may be more intelligent than squirrels, but I think we act on instinct as well. Actually, I would have to say, "Humans may be more intelligent than some squirrels". ;)
 

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