John 2: 15-16
Normally I ignore him, but this time I couldn't stand it. My response:
"We've trashed the world, and everything in it. It is pretty clear there is not much love for it."
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Permalink Reply by Bill on -
And I get a slippery reply:
I think John is talking about the world, not the earth. We may have trashed the earth, but an argument could be made that the reason why we have give so little consideration for God's creation is because we love the world and give little to no honor and love for those things that are of the Lord.
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Permalink Reply by Bill on
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I can see that. Most of this stuff is okay if you stick to a metaphorical interpretation. But the literal interpretation is a disaster. So many people use this as an excuse to trash the planet!
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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on -
Would have been better:
"Do not love this world, for it is called reality. Thou shalt embrace my world, for it is the true world. Because I said so."
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Permalink Reply by AndyMeanie on -
http://api.ning.com/files/Yl5ip3uCeYKmsHL8vJsV8quZIY8VvxysSQBpgvFGtKKc*lNtDxwyW2iPBF8Sex7h/Planet_Earth_by_sanmonku.jpg
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Permalink Reply by AndyMeanie on
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Dunno about that. Nature is pretty nasty 24 hours a day. How long do you think you'll last in the wild? natural disasters, wild animals, disease, injury, cold, heat, drought, floods, etc.
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Permalink Reply by Bill on
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Agreed. Nature is not our friend, but we can be our own worst enemy at the same time.
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Permalink Reply by Ava Wilson on -
He's saying don't love any of God's creations. He's also implying that God didn't create the world, because they're two separate things and that things 'come from the world, but not God'. Hypocrite.
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Permalink Reply by Bill on
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Seems world and earth are two different things to a Christian. Like the world is man's world, something created by man, and the earth was supposedly created by God. The flaw in the logic is that man and his/her world is part of nature. Even by Christian logic, if God created Man, and Man created the World, then God created the World. He would still be responsible.
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Permalink Reply by Lisa on -
I always took that to mean don't get attached to anything material, because its all fleeting. Maybe I overgeneralized, but I could never take anything from the bible literally, even when I believed.
This attitude that this world is just a stepping stone to something greater is a dangerous attitude, especially for those in power.
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