Thursday, September 22, 2011

Question - Can Humans Spoil Life for Everything Else?

There are several passages in the Bible which would seem to indicate that humankind's sinful intransigence ultimately will serve as the elemental impetus for the destruction of the planet. For example, in Isaiah 24:3-6, it reads
The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
So, here's my question: What about all the other life forms that call Planet Earth home? If humankind screws up royally and God decides that we deserve to be punished, how can he be viewed as just and loving IF he destroys all other life forms WITH us?

The butterflies didn't sin, yet they would be consumed. The Saguaro Cacti didn't transgress any laws, but they stand to be destroyed. The coral reefs broke no covenant, but they likely would succumb as well.

Why is it that the "sinful nature" of humanity dooms everything else?

To see what other questions I've asked about the Christian Bible, go here.

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