What is wrong with the Earth?

What is wrong with the Earth? Lots.    In For the Beauty of the Earth, By Steven Bouma- Prediger,   the 2^nd chapter is about the problems of the Earth.  Most of the problems are caused by us, the humans.  Deforestation,   air quality, lack of water, waste,   and on and on.  The list seems endless. The   author is trying to prove, in this chapter, not only that global warming is real, but that it is not going to stop unless we stop it, because we are causing many of the problems. He supports this statement by naming many problems that are happening,   why they are happening, and where they are happening.  One example he gives is acid rain.  He says that this hazardous precipitation is caused mainly because of fossil fuels that come from cars or fumes from coal burning power plants.  He also said that acid rain does not obey the boundaries I think that I agree with his statement. Humans are a species that have done and are doing a lot of damage to the Earth. But I also think that we can still help it yet. We are not a lost cause.

In a way, this is the approach of Christians to sin.  We choose to sin. God gave us that freedom.  (Although he wants us to choose not to sin, and to try to be like Jesus.)   We have sinned.  And since we are sinners we cannot save ourselves, for we are not worthy to be saved. That is why Jesus came down to Earth for us. Packer states, in his book Concise Theology   that Jesus was sinless, and that is why he can save us. He was God. Had he sinned, he would have been just like the rest of us, unworthy to receive God’s grace.  But, although Jesus did not sin, he still faced the trials and hardships we face, like hunger, pain, sadness, and temptation. If he had not faced those, he would not be truly human, and so would not have been able to save us then, either.  We, like with global warming, can do something.  If we trust in Jesus and choose to follow him, we can be saved. We are not a lost cause. 

But unlike us, Rome was.  Right now I am reading about the fall of Rome in history. Rome was a huge empire in the days of Augustus Caesar and other   emperors. But gradually, Rome fell apart. She was too big for her own good.  It must have been   reliefs to at least some of the people,   for there were good emperors, but more often the rulers were bad.  They didn’t always agree with the senate, and most of the time that Rome was a great country, she was fighting!  Some imperators thought only of making their country the biggest and the richest in the world, instead of thinking of what would be best for the people and what would enhance peace.  They never did learn.

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