Environmental Movement
Much of the environmental movement has gotten back to its pagan
roots as it subtly fosters rejection of the Bible and Christianity. So called
Spiritual Greens tell us that Earth can save herself - she has the wisdom and
power - humans don't. But we can help her by becoming conscious of the oneness
and sacredness of all her parts.
To the extent the environmental
movement embraces the philosophies of the New Age movement - it joins in that
part of a conspiracy to control the American people, to derail and disempower
traditional Christianity, and to deceive the world into adopting Anti-Christian
views.
The New Age movement
generally advocates a synthesis or recovery of ideas and practices which
celebrates our relationship with the Earth. (There are sub-currents in the New
Age movement which include overt Satanic practices and those are definitely in
conflict with Christian beliefs.)
Ownership vs. Stewardship
Some environmentalists claim the traditional
Christianity cosmology or world view
has been and largely remains domination of the Earth. The first two chapters of
Genesis have been interpreted as the source of mans 'right' to do as we wish to
the Earth.
The original concept put forth in Genesis is one of
stewardship, not ownership, and certainly not domination.
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” [Genesis 1:28]
A major factor in why peoples all over the world are
embracing the concepts of the New Age and environmentalism is the failure of
traditional Christianity to adequately communicate a rational view of the
Earth.
Undeniably, the earth has suffered much abuse under the pretext
of biblical sanction. Human greed often twists Scripture to suit its own ends.
The answer to this regrettable situation is not to abandon biblical truth for
pagan mythology. We must recover a biblical appreciation for creation and man's
role in it, without falling into the opposite and more damning error of
worshipping the creature rather than the Creator.
Historical
Christianity, having established mans supremacy over the Earth, tends to be
anthropocentric where man is the center of Gods' creation. Perhaps we need a
Christian Copernicus who can adequately extol Colossians 1:17. This verse makes
it clear that Christ, not man, is the center of Gods creation much in the same
way a hub holds the spokes of a wheel together.
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. [Colossians 1:17]
The Bible does indicate that man has a special
purpose to fulfill in expressing God. A careful reading of Genesis also reveals
that God told Noah to save the animals as well as his family. Noah's Ark
demonstrates the care and love God has for all of His creatures. An examination
of the Greek New Testament text indicates that Christ died on behalf of
everything (not just every man) and that the entire creation groans awaiting
the manifestation of the sons of God.
The relationship of the Christian
to the Earth is an area in need of serious prayer and action by all believers.
Not since the Middle Ages have Christian thinkers influenced the believers
through their experiences of the Earth.
People like Francis of Assisi,
Meister Eckhert, and Hildegard of Bingen extolled the integrity of God
expressed in the Creation. Jesus and the prophets spent much time in the
wilderness because they understood the Earth holds an unadulterated quality in
which the presence of God can easily be experienced. What have we learned from
Jesus when most Christian meetings are inside an artificial air-conditioned
environment with four walls and plastic plants in the corner? To aboriginal
peoples, the entire creation is a sanctuary for worship.
The Sierra Club
The Sierra Club Environmental Health Sourcebook, Well Body, Well
Earth, tells us to "turn to the traditions of ancient cultures" such
as Buddhist meditations and Native American Hopi rituals in order to
"reaffirm our bond with the spirit of the living earth." "The more
you contact the voice of the living Earth and evaluate what it says, the easier
it will become for you to contact it and trust what it
provides."
That the granddaddy of environmental action agencies, the
Sierra Club, would publish a source book recommending our communicating with
the "spirit of the earth" is cause for Christians to be on the alert for
satanic deception in the environmental movement.
Spiritual Greens take
offense at the Christian belief that people are the most valuable of God's
creation on earth. They believe that anthropocentrism (believing that
everything revolves around mankind) is a curse on the earth. Their belief is
that since everything on earth is connected and interdependent, no one element
is more valuable than another.
In the New Age environmentalists view,
starvation, plagues, and death are blessings that simply buy more time for
planet Earth. They are pantheistic; their god is an impersonal god, who resides
passively in every fiber of the universe; to them, to destroy a plant is to
destroy their god; to decimate the quality of human life, on the other hand, is
of no concern, because humanity represents the greatest danger to the rest of
creation.
Greens in all categories generally agree on one point:
Today's ecological crises is rooted in Christian traditions. They tell us:
- The Judeo/Christian belief that God assigned man to "rule over" the earth has caused us to explit and abuse it.
- Monotheism (one God) separated humans from their ancient connection to the earth. To reverse the trend, storytellers and artists must revive earth-centered myth and reconnect us to Earth's spirit.
- The diversity of species enriches the earth. Healthy, flourishing diversity requires a substantial decrease in the human population and its interference with nature's processes.
- Heavenly minded Christians care little for a temporary earth.
- By resisting the return of earth-centered religions, Christians block the global movement toward the one-world religion needed to unify people and save the earth.
The Georgia Guidestones
A very visible and graphic representation of these pagan believers
is the monument they erected in Elbert County, Georgia. The 20 feet tall
monument made from six granite slabs weighing more than 240,000 pounds contains
a message comprising ten guides inscribed on the structure in eight modern
languages (English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, Chinese, and
Russian), and a shorter message inscribed at the top of the structure in four
ancient languages' scripts: Babylonian, Classical Greek, Sanskrit, and Egyptian
hieroglyphs.
The message of the Georgia Guidestones says,
- Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
- Guide reproduction wisely - improving fitness and diversity.
- Unite humanity with a living new language.
- Rule passion - faith - tradition - and all things with tempered reason.
- Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
- Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
- Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
- Balance personal rights with social duties.
- Prize truth - beauty - love - seeking harmony with the infinite.
- Be not a cancer on the earth - Leave room for nature - Leave room for nature.
Modern Christian
Ecumenical Movements
Precisely as the Bible warns, today's most
effective enemies of Christ are those who claim to be Christians and call
mankind not just to any old false religion but to a
counterfeit Christianity.
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. - 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
Modern
Non-Christian Ecumenical Movements
Growing alongside the Christian
ecumenical movement are those non-Christian movements with basically the same
message: uniting the world into a one world
religion that is inclusive of all beliefs.
