Does sin effect the environment?

Brian Freedland: I guess my theory is that God judges by letting Satan go hog whiled on the unrepentant society.

Derrick Smsith: IT IS ----- WESTERN CIVILIZATION > !!!!How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization by Thomas E. Woods...Show more

Delmy Varano: If you believe it is that close, then why are you spending time ruminating about it instead of serving Christ in the suffering souls around you? By worrying about it and trying to figure it out, can you add one day to your life or one minute to the world?Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, you do to me.-Jesus....Show more

Amada Greising: Why can't it be forgiven? Anything can be forgiven if you really do wanna be forgiven. No sin can't be forgiven. Jesus literally made sure of that.

Anton Waln: Sounds like some ridiculous Pat Buchanan or Jerry Falwell nonsense, somebody like that.Heard it about Katrina, heard it about the tsunami, hear it every time there's a natural disaster.And! why is it that instead of demanding their followers help victims of natural disasters, some religious-type leaders use tragedy as an opportunity to denounce sin? Wouldn't it be much better to insist that their followers show charity and mercy rather than sitting in smug judgment about other people's supposed sins?I don't think Jesus would have said that Katrina was caused by gay marriage....Show more

Kate Baune: Even though we do not know the day or hour, I believe the tribulaiton is around the corner and the battle of Armageddon will not be too many more years away the way this world is going. And it is all happening very quickly. The intensitly of the Hurricanes, Nuclear weapons, global warming, lawlessness of man, drought, the theat of Russia and China attacking the US, as Russia is now playing a huge part in the world sence again, Iran and their ambitions, chipping in place of cards will be soon available for everyone, The EU and thier 666 project, keep looking ! up. The temple will be rebuilt next year in Jerusalme, as the ! Jewish said that they will make sure that it happens this time. Are you getting ready to meet your King? Your redemption draws nigh. Jesus will come back to reclaim this earth, as this earth does not belong to man but God who created it, man has done a shocking job of this world, so Jesus return will be a blessing. This earth belongs to Jesus and he will return very soon...Show more

Buddy Ardd: CRG I love how you mentioned the Kingdom! I wasn't just talking about weather I was talking about the over all well being of a nation that praises sin.

Jannie Ariola: When God created the earth, and all that there is in it, He said that it was GOOD. He also commanded Man (Adam/Eve) to have "dominion" over it... to be RESPONSIBLE for it.When Adam/Eve sinned, however, sin "entered" the world, and death was known. And, I fear, the command to be responsible for the earth's care also went out the window, so to speak.However, you cannot "blame" God for droughts, floods, earth! quakes, storms, winds, etc etc etc.... not unless He has TOLD us He was responsible for certain weather events.... i.e.. Noah's flood. Otherwise, please do not misuse the idea that "God is in control of everything." That does not mean that God CONTROLS and MANIPULATES everything. Rather, it means that God is "able" to control everything ... IF HE WILLS IT.Satan's power, I feel, does not extend to control of weather... UNLESS GOD ALLOWS IT. You seem to have the idea that God and satan are some sort of petty, quarrelling beings, and that mankind is just a pawn haplessly stuck between them. This is a rather Greek/Romanesque view of "the gods," but has nothing to do with the truth.Have a blessed day....Show more

Nelly Kikuchi: No it is not sin. It is George W. and the republicans. They refuse to sign the Kyoto Treaty. Guess things will still have to get worse.

Andra Oger: Could be

Troy Staton: Rapture first, then Christ returns.

Azalee Ahrendes! : I am impressed with your reasoning and just so wish there were more p! eople like you who are starting to question these real things.God makes it very clear in the Bible that this world will be going through a terrible time, earthquakes, tsunami's, and unheard of weather patterns. This is all the start of birth pains. You see man has turned his back on God and has gone his own way, even Christians today don't believe in His gospel of the water and the Spirit (John3:5), and only believe in a half baked gospel of only the blood on the Cross making Him a liar, and they continually mock Him in their ignorance.So these are times of severe warnings, if we would take heed of them and return back to God we will be saved. Just look at the account of Noah. Many perished in the flood but only 8 were saved, have you ever asked why? Jesus said, as in the time of Noah so shall it be when He returns. So when we look around us we can see that this is such a time. These many people perished because they refused to believe in the righteous message of Noah, tha! t being the flood or water. So like today, many people refuse to believe in the full atoning sacrifice of the water and the blood and because of this they are going to be destroyed. Will you also be caught up in this stubborn crowd?...Show more

Andre Winegar: Absolutely. The signs are everywhere. The situation in the Middle East has been simmering for decades, but with Iran on the verge of nuclear weapons, and the Iraq war fiasco stirring up anti-west and anti-israeli hatred all over the Middle East, I would be very surprised if we don't see a major war break out over there that spreads over the whole world during the next decade.

Karey Dunken: In what way?

Azzie Trembly: YES!!! You are absolutely right! It's not global warming that is causing this havoc but the corruption and sin that America is committing. The war is the worst of their sins. Although individually and collectively it is a massive tsunami!

Jules Ashbach: yes it does

Patricia ! Dornbos: because they're are good people on this planet too.

Hong! Hunkin: It is coming to a close at which time Christ will return. He will NOT reclaim the earth, the earth will be burned up. The temple will NOT be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Milleniallist false prophets have been putting this nonsense out for decades.I spent far too much time worrying about the "end" and forgetting my neighbor needed some help.When I asked my Dad about it he said it simply doesn't matter.He said when you die it is the end of YOUR world. Quit worrying about it and go and love your neighbors....Show more

Ramona Pago: No. It did force itself on many indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere.

Madge Voice: I agree. I am a Christian and my reason for this way of thinking is we see the book of Revelation unfolding daily in the headlines of the newspapers, TV, etc. It does not take a rocket scientist to put 2 and 2 together and come up with the right answer. As your sister in Christ I am paid up, packed up, looking up, and going up one of these days! when He either returns or calls me home.

Oscar Waddups: To some degree, although a case could be made for it being at least as harmful as it was beneficial.

Mildred Pombo:

Porfirio Gartland: So hell will be destroyed, and no more humans will have to suffer ever again?.

Gaylord Barragan: Have you picked your running mate yet?

Brock Hladik: we almost there with this leaders with have running our country.. VOTE RON PAUL FOR 20012.

Byron Fortmann: Yes, it did.

Elvie Drumgoole: No, civilization already existed in the Americas before the Catholics and other Christians arrived. They changed it calling the natives 'heathens'. That was their level of understanding. Most change that came about was by their forcing their ways on others.

Moira Woodrow: i don't know about you, but when i come into contact with bad people, i can feel it coming off of them, i call this negativity, and yes i think it coulds be sin also, i use crystals to ke! ep my space, and house clean, and yes i think it effects the person as ! well as their enviroment, and can migrate onto other people and affect their health and well being.

Tereasa Sorensen: Michael, exactly...in my views pollution, waste, littering, cutting down the Rainforests, etc are "sins". So yes, it does affect the environment.

Warren Kotter: I think the pleanet is already gone because I never heard of it.

Jeff Frizzell: I believe it is very close.Judgment is hanging over this nation and the world. God is about to stand up and show that he is God. Prophecy is being fulfilled daily. Great Tribulations is at the door.

Lucille Saetteurn: What comes to mind is that our enemy is the prince of the air. Does this mean Satan controls the weather if God allows it? Its almost like when sin is so great God stops protecting and blessing and allows Satan to have his way until people repent.

Dalila Yoon: Most of the time - um... well when you sin usually you are mad. When you are mad sometimes you throw stuff etc. By doing! that stuff it is chaos, but not that HUGE. And chaos will eventually come into the environment. That would make the environment effected.

Iris Shawcroft: We don't have enough nuclear weapons to do that.

Carli Watterson: Prophets had predicted Katrina months before she hit. "A mighty wind would purge the south of sin and expose injustice." ~International House of Prayer BTW Christians do help with natural disasters more than any other organization unless the national Guard declares it unsafe!

Adelle Weight: You are somewhat close to the kingdom of God, not because of the truth or quality of your statements, but because you are thinking and asking questions. The environment is more than wind or weather. It is also quality of life. The atmosphere of this media--Yahoo--is sometimes very depressing and sad because so many children are obsessed with sex. Do emotions and negative vibes affect the environment? No. So, perhaps, neither does sin....Show more

Georgia Dees: Judeo-Christian values built western civilization, ! the Catholic Church was a huge factor.

Bo Perham: i know those pleanets must be stop plea-in everywhere and not being right in the mind just nuke the pleanets being pleanets and whatnot gosh darn pleanest need to be nuked to all heaven!this is an example of how Americans need to take the time and use spell-check grammar is O.K but really guys, using spell-check is o so hard?

Alecia Kaehler: I don't think "sin" affects the environment directly.Man's actions do, whether sin or not.

Donte Hamme: Of course I meant planet, you guys dumb?. Anyway It just aint worth it.Destroying hell would save the hundreds of billions of people that have died and gone to hell all throughout history and we absolutely do have enough nuclear firepower to blow this planet sky high.

Maynard Reevers: yes because liter is sin

Emile Okafor: Hades is the place you go to before the judgement if you are not saved, then you you will face the eternal consequences as per Revelati! ons. The Catholics talk about purgatory but there is no such place. That is to tell all there flock that you will suffer for a little while then off to heaven. This is something they invented and is not Biblical. Geoffrey

Dewey Heersink: Interesting thought.... I believe some social sins, such as racism or violence, can definitely lead to harm in the environment when riots or fights occur. You also have to keep in mind that people are part of the environment too, so when we are harmed our ecosystem is as well. As for weather, that might be stretching it a bit. I think about this a lot too: "If God can do everything, why _________". But He works in mysterious ways we cannot understand, and He does what is best for us. But I do believe He has control over Satin. It basically comes down to, for me, that sin always hurts ourselves and affects others. Weather, I think, is just a force of nature. I admire the deep thinking....Show more

Elden Dedon: Why don't we inste! ad not allow religions take over our political decisions instead?

Nona Lentini: I wouldn't say punishing. There just happens to be human effects on the environment that effect all life on planet earth. I really hadn't thought how increased temperatures effects crops and feed. As well as heating, depriving ourselves of oxygen, damaging arctic life, we are also making production of metabolic resources more difficult. I am doing something about it. So are you, but its not me and you that are really responsible for co2 emission in total, it's the oil millionaire CEOS. If you are helping to destroy all life on earth, you shouldn't be paid millions, you should be in prison or given the death penalty. Only through man can nature punish....Show more

Kristina Brockwell: Let's turn it around. To many people, adversely affecting the environment is a sin.

Lana Uliano: in accordance to scripture, Jesus' human beings would be taken. It says 2 would be in the sphere and one would be taken and one would be left at the back of. it fairly is ! after this that the anti-christ exhibits up. on the time that the anti-christ looks, there'll be a one international government. The anti-christ himself would be one that replaced into earlier super and enjoyed with the aid of many, yet considered lifeless. His return will ask your self many, yet on the comparable time, they are going to rejoyce his return. For a little while, existence would be sturdy under his rule as he will have the solutions to all the international issues which contains international peace. yet this time of cohesion would be short lived. the only clue to his idenity given are the numbers 666. although a lot of christians have continually linked the snake with being the likeness of the devil, the bible in different sections communicate over with the the anti-christ because of the fact the beast, and his actual actual likeness as being that of the goat. because of the fact of this an the different way up, 5 pointed famous individual has continually been! portrayed with the aid of devil worshipers and demonic form cults as b! eing the extremely valid image of the beast. the two larger factors being it fairly is horns, the two section factors being it fairly is ears, and the backside factor being it fairly is snout....Show more

Betsey Muehlbach: That's interesting. Don't stress about it! If you are very religious, I can see how this would make sense. But just be a good person, and let what happens happen. You are in charge of YOU!

Danyell Rowback: While the Catholic organization has made good inroads in society, it does not validate them as followers of Christ. That organization is not the Church of Christ which is exampled and commanded in the Epistles and Acts. The things they do are far, far from the commands of God.

Luke Kosch: Our spirits create very powerful energies. Often so powerful, we must let a little of the energy off much like a pressure cooker lets off a little steam. To keep it from injuring our physical body.These are called thoughtforms, but are really masses! of energy, that are made up of the energy that create it. Lust, anger, violence. These so-called evil spirits can enter us when we are experiencing the same energy, and make us go overboard in our reaction. Like Overkill in homocide situations. Or the way many are "snapping" over seemingly small matters today. Hell is the reality that the magnetic center of the Earth draws these energies there as well. And a spirit can get temporarily caught up in this reality if it falls into violence or fear.James Redfield in the Celestine Prophesy books calls it the Fear. Note how Isaiah 24:18 in the KJV is worded....Show more

Coleman Ocegueda: It stifled knowledge and inquiry. Thanks to the Catholics, few people could read and write during the Dark Ages. But we do owe them for maintaining the name of Christ.

Gaynell Pizzaro: I would say that sin definitely affects the environment. I read a very interesting article on this....Earthscan, a “news and information service on! global development and environment issues,” published a report entit! led Natural Disastersâ€" “Disasters are increasingly man-made. Some disasters (flood, drought, famine) are caused more by environmental and resource mismanagement than by too much or too little rainfall. . . . Disasters are social and political events which can be and often are prevented. In the Third World where the poor are forced to overuse their land and live on dangerous ground, disasters are taking a rising toll.”Consider how acts of man have brought about so-called acts of God. One night in May 1943 about 330 million tons of water poured into valleys in the western part of Germany. An act of God? No. It was caused by the bombing of the Möhne and Eder dams by British warplanes in World War II. Some 1,294 people drowned in the floods, and most were civilians.One African newspaper charged: “Not all the agony [of droughts] can be blamed on the weather. . . . Wars from the Horn of Africa to the Atlantic shore and back to Mozambique have sent peasants fleeing ! from their croplands.” Ethiopia’s drought, for example, has been aggravated by years of civil war that has destroyed grasslands.Thanks to modern technology, farmers are now able to plow vast tracts of landâ€"including areas that ecologists say should not have been plowed in the first place. National Geographic said “Speculators and hard-pressed ranchers have been plowing up hundreds of thousands of acres of fragile grasslands to grow wheat . . . These soils easily blow when it’s dry, and prolonged drought on the plains, like the one that led to the Dust Bowl [a drought-stricken area of the United States during the 1930’s] is only a matter of time.”Already, some grazing lands in that region are covered with a blanket of soil reaching up to the fence posts. One cattle rancher thus affected said: “It’s not an act of God. It’s an act of greed. God doesn’t have a plow.” Mohandas Gandhi put it well when he said: “There is enough for everyone’s need bu! t not for everyone’s greed.”However, some would say it is the lives! tock raisers who are greedy. Some stock so many animals that the lands are overgrazed. And while they may get away with doing so for years, when drought strikes, overgrazed lands can turn into a permanent desert.Then there are developers who chop down trees, ignoring the ecological consequences. There is much more to this loss of trees than a loss of raw material for energy and for building. Deforestation destroys well-established water cycles, leading to siltation of streams and rivers, depletion of ground water, intensified flooding, and an aggravation of water shortages during dry periods.”An example of this can be seen in the Himalayas. “Forests in the foothills,” says the book Our Hungry Earthâ€"The World Food Crisis, “are fast disappearing. As a result, floods are getting worse in South Asia. A 1973 flood in Pakistan destroyed large amounts of stored grain. And in 1974, floods in Bangladesh and India damaged crops almost as much as drought.” “People are c! hanging their environment to make it more prone to some disasters, and are behaving so as to make themselves more vulnerable to those hazards. Growing Third World populations are forced to overcultivate, deforest and generally overuse their land, making it more prone to both floods and droughts **************************************I think this is the major reason why there is such devastating weather. I'm not sure whether Satan really controls weather or not but he sure has a big part in helping mankind become greed and selfish. It makes a vicious circle. When God caused the flood in Noah's day, he made sure everyone was warned and I can't see a loving God being indiscriminate in his justice....Show more

Coleen Carignan: I do not know how soon, but let me tell you this it is so close it is at your door.

Travis Sherrock: Sure, it is only a matter of a short time now. Any and all new technology is first and foremost looked to as a means of destruction.! Always, better ways of killing people are viewed as progress. The US, ! Russia, India, Pakistan, Israel, and China have the nuclear weapons to totally destroy the entire world a thousand times over. And it is not a question of if, it is only when.Any nuclear exchange will be seen by each and everyone of these nations as a need to retaliate, make no mistake about that."Nor do I take into account a danger of starting a chain reaction of a scope great enough to destroy part or all of the planet...But it is not necessary to imagine the earth being destroyed like a nova by a stellar explosion to understand vividly the growing scope of atomic war and to recognize that unless another war is prevented it is likely to bring destruction on a scale never before held possible, and even now hardly conceived, and that little civilization would survive it." (1947) Albert Einstein...Show more

Ardath Templer: if sin= sloth, waste, etc, then yes, sin does affect the environment

Kip Ockenfels: I believe that He`s coming back too i hope i won`t miss ! the rapture because i`m not 100% with him now.Russia and China going to attack the us are you sure? the 666 product where?if that`s true its only affective when judgement day comes.I`m from Canada so i don`t really know what`s going on with the US.

Marielle Hedeiros: I agree and You forgot to add "knowledge will increase on earth in the last days " look how the world has "developed" in the last 100 years.

Armanda Hertel: Sure nothing divine about just humans groups working for a goal... we can accomplish great things...

Kim Gerbino: I'd like to know where you got the idea that everyone who has sex before marriage is going to hell. Only those who have not repented of their sin will be condemned.

Omar Phipps: sin is in the eye of the beholder the only way sin can effect the environment is if you let it pollute your mind and you in turn pollute the environment