Comments on: The Wall http://www.themattscott.com/2008/09/05/the-wall/ ramblings-theology-my thoughts Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Matt http://www.themattscott.com/2008/09/05/the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-519 Matt Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:45:53 +0000 http://www.themattscott.com/?p=98#comment-519 And we're done. Comments closed. And we’re done. Comments closed.

]]> By: Veronica http://www.themattscott.com/2008/09/05/the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-518 Veronica Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:43:37 +0000 http://www.themattscott.com/?p=98#comment-518 She knows how to do dishes??? She knows how to do dishes???

]]> By: J. Peaslee http://www.themattscott.com/2008/09/05/the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-516 J. Peaslee Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:50:23 +0000 http://www.themattscott.com/?p=98#comment-516 Oh, mom....*sigh* Don't worry; you're always going to have to do our dishes. Oh, mom….*sigh*
Don’t worry; you’re always going to have to do our dishes.

]]> By: Confused in Canton http://www.themattscott.com/2008/09/05/the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Confused in Canton Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:27:18 +0000 http://www.themattscott.com/?p=98#comment-513 Seriously?! Can't we all just be happy? Thank you Matt for finding a new forum for the family kitchen table - all this fun and no one gets stuck with the dishes! Love you ALL bunches! Seriously?! Can’t we all just be happy? Thank you Matt for finding a new forum for the family kitchen table – all this fun and no one gets stuck with the dishes! Love you ALL bunches!

]]> By: Veronica http://www.themattscott.com/2008/09/05/the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-511 Veronica Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:35:43 +0000 http://www.themattscott.com/?p=98#comment-511 It's not arrogance, its hope. It’s not arrogance, its hope.

]]> By: J. Peaslee http://www.themattscott.com/2008/09/05/the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-510 J. Peaslee Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:24:11 +0000 http://www.themattscott.com/?p=98#comment-510 For sure, medical advances have come far and will continue to do so. But to think that we can solve anything...well, honey, that's just plain arrogance. ;) We will NEVER have enough money, resources, or research to accomplish everything. 50, 30, 10 years from now, people will look back on some of our so-called advances and laugh. If you don't believe me, just Google "phrenology." For sure, medical advances have come far and will continue to do so. But to think that we can solve anything…well, honey, that’s just plain arrogance. ;) We will NEVER have enough money, resources, or research to accomplish everything. 50, 30, 10 years from now, people will look back on some of our so-called advances and laugh. If you don’t believe me, just Google “phrenology.”

]]> By: Veronica http://www.themattscott.com/2008/09/05/the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Veronica Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:58:43 +0000 http://www.themattscott.com/?p=98#comment-509 May I point out to the darling J.Peaslee that medical advances from say 1900-2008 were full of oops and "that must really hurt"and now look at diseases that have been wiped out. My grandma would never believe a future where a surgeon could take your heart out of your body, fix it, put it back and send you home in a day or two. My point is with enough money and research, we can solve anything. So the light bulbs are a failure, science will keep trying to get it right. In the mean time we know all those little things help.(. I think I heard if its brown flush it down, if its yellow let it mellow. But what ever you think. Love you May I point out to the darling J.Peaslee that medical advances from say 1900-2008 were full of oops and “that must really hurt”and now look at diseases that have been wiped out. My grandma would never believe a future where a surgeon could take your heart out of your body, fix it, put it back and send you home in a day or two. My point is with enough money and research, we can solve anything. So the light bulbs are a failure, science will keep trying to get it right. In the mean time we know all those little things help.(. I think I heard if its brown flush it down, if its yellow let it mellow. But what ever you think. Love you

]]> By: J. Peaslee http://www.themattscott.com/2008/09/05/the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-508 J. Peaslee Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:55:24 +0000 http://www.themattscott.com/?p=98#comment-508 It's actually, "Why so serious?" ;) I'm not really trying to say, "DO NOTHING!" - see what I said about recycling and planting trees? Andrew kind of nailed it for me - would God be displeased with us for trying to save the earth, even if we made it worse? Probably not. So go ahead, flush the toilet only once a day & use those crazy new light bulbs, with their toxic mercury (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-506347/An-energy-saving-bulb-gone--evacuate-room-now.html). Storm windows? Hooray! Compost? A smart choice. Insulation? Don't see a problem with it. Car pools? Impractical sometimes…yet workable. But those light bulbs! Those are the big thing right now, you know. When they came out, everyone was excited. Even I was. Sounded good at the time. But now, you hear nothing but trouble about them! Just wondering how many other "solutions" actually make things worse. Be careful what you wish for. Our eagerness to make the world "better," without proper research before implementing new techniques to do so, are sometimes going to make things worse in the long run. Too many people jump on the bandwagon without knowing what they're getting into. If we're going to try and "save" the earth, why not try a little harder? Don't believe everything you hear/read. And no, that's not really directed towards anyone specifically - just in general. It’s actually, “Why so serious?” ;)
I’m not really trying to say, “DO NOTHING!” – see what I said about recycling and planting trees? Andrew kind of nailed it for me – would God be displeased with us for trying to save the earth, even if we made it worse? Probably not. So go ahead, flush the toilet only once a day & use those crazy new light bulbs, with their toxic mercury (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-506347/An-energy-saving-bulb-gone–evacuate-room-now.html).

Storm windows? Hooray! Compost? A smart choice. Insulation? Don’t see a problem with it. Car pools? Impractical sometimes…yet workable.

But those light bulbs! Those are the big thing right now, you know. When they came out, everyone was excited. Even I was. Sounded good at the time. But now, you hear nothing but trouble about them! Just wondering how many other “solutions” actually make things worse.

Be careful what you wish for. Our eagerness to make the world “better,” without proper research before implementing new techniques to do so, are sometimes going to make things worse in the long run. Too many people jump on the bandwagon without knowing what they’re getting into. If we’re going to try and “save” the earth, why not try a little harder? Don’t believe everything you hear/read.

And no, that’s not really directed towards anyone specifically – just in general.

]]> By: Prescott http://www.themattscott.com/2008/09/05/the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Prescott Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:06:32 +0000 http://www.themattscott.com/?p=98#comment-504 JP, to quote the Dark Knight," Why so sad?". You have gone beyound to glass is half empty to the glass is broken and can't be repaired. "Do nothing!", now there is a plan for our future. Or I guess your saying that God created the world and who are we to question his work? Wouldn't he have made it perfect already so we are only harming that perfection. JP, to quote the Dark Knight,” Why so sad?”. You have gone beyound to glass is half empty to the glass is broken and can’t be repaired. “Do nothing!”, now there is a plan for our future. Or I guess your saying that God created the world and who are we to question his work? Wouldn’t he have made it perfect already so we are only harming that perfection.

]]> By: Andrew Martin http://www.themattscott.com/2008/09/05/the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Andrew Martin Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:41:49 +0000 http://www.themattscott.com/?p=98#comment-502 I've got a lot of sympathy for J. Peaslee: if our approach to saving the planet actually does harm, then we are fools. (And energy-saving lightbulbs are a great example: they are very bad things). If it causes more people to starve (and the European approach to genetically-modified crops may be doing that) then we are worse than fools. Too much environmentalism is based on naive good will, rather than good science. On the other hand, I've never encountered anyone who thinks that trying to fix environmental problems flies in the face of God's purposes. Part of the purpose of the OT law is to ensure that the people live in harmony with their land, isn't it? Even if someone's view of eschatology is that Jesus will come again ... when the gospel has been preached to every nation ... it doesn't say he will come again when we've chopped down all the trees, or poisoned the oceans, or whatever else we're trying our best to achieve. The present age may be transient, but thinking that we may hasten its end by wanton destruction of creation, would be, well, perverse. I'm not sure if that's coherent. A different tack: do those who think that saving the planet is pointness also think that highway beautification, tidy neighbourhoods, etc. are pointless? After all, all those weeds and rubbish are signs of the fall, too. It's just that doing something about them doesn't hurt as much as taxing gas consumption. I’ve got a lot of sympathy for J. Peaslee: if our approach to saving the planet actually does harm, then we are fools. (And energy-saving lightbulbs are a great example: they are very bad things). If it causes more people to starve (and the European approach to genetically-modified crops may be doing that) then we are worse than fools. Too much environmentalism is based on naive good will, rather than good science.

On the other hand, I’ve never encountered anyone who thinks that trying to fix environmental problems flies in the face of God’s purposes. Part of the purpose of the OT law is to ensure that the people live in harmony with their land, isn’t it? Even if someone’s view of eschatology is that Jesus will come again … when the gospel has been preached to every nation … it doesn’t say he will come again when we’ve chopped down all the trees, or poisoned the oceans, or whatever else we’re trying our best to achieve. The present age may be transient, but thinking that we may hasten its end by wanton destruction of creation, would be, well, perverse.

I’m not sure if that’s coherent. A different tack: do those who think that saving the planet is pointness also think that highway beautification, tidy neighbourhoods, etc. are pointless? After all, all those weeds and rubbish are signs of the fall, too. It’s just that doing something about them doesn’t hurt as much as taxing gas consumption.

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