I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Genesis 8-11.

After the Flood, God made a promise to Noah that He would never again curse the ground because of mankind, that for as long as the earth continued to exist planting and harvesting would happen.  This means that I do not panic about environmental “crisis” when the press reports on the latest thing which will destroy our environment unless we take immediate action.  However, this does not mean that we can pollute at will and expect God to clean up after us.  It does mean that we have time to gather facts and do tests so as to find the best and most appropriate way to deal with environmental problems as they arise.  God’s promise means that there will be no global emergencies.  There are from time to time local emergencies.  As a practical matter, this means that if someone tells me that if the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere continues to increase, at some point there will be problems, I believe them and think we should study ways to keep the amount of CO2 from reaching the problem level.  However, if someone tells me that if people don’t immediately reduce the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere we are all going to die, I dismiss them as crackpots who are trying to con people,  My faith means that while it is sometimes necessary to swerve to avoid the sudden appearance of an obstacle, major course corrections should be taken deliberately and only after careful thought.