tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post884422691563341698..comments2024-03-29T04:31:15.219-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The faith of a mustard seed. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-33752522734429852742015-06-16T08:44:09.266-05:002015-06-16T08:44:09.266-05:00"We began to think that God created us to mak...<i>"<b>We</b> began to think that God created us to make better what He made, not to preserve it. Since Eden, <b>we</b> have used our technology to improve God’s design and control everything. Science’s great lie is that if <b>we</b> can predict it, <b>we</b> can control it, and if <b>we</b> can control it, <b>we</b> must master it. So <b>we</b> improve the seed to produce heartier plants and more yield, <b>we</b> irrigate so <b>we</b> do not need rain, and <b>we</b> use pesticide to prevent damage to the crops.</i><br /><br /><i>"<b>We</b> complain now at all the science in our food but it is our own fault. <b>We</b> wanted a bionic world under our design and calling. <b>We</b> wanted cheap food where everything is in season. <b>We</b> wanted replacement parts to our broken bodies. <b>We</b> think that God has given us this world to make it better, raw material for us to experiment upon and improve."</i> <br /><br />To <a href="http://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2015/05/when-fear-of-giving-offense-distorts.html?showComment=1432212662362#c3137163870644950372" rel="nofollow">which meaning of "<b>WE</b>"</a> are you referring?<br /><br />The "great lie" is not part of science, although it may be a lie told by some scientists or government bureaucrats who fund such scientists, including globull warming junk scientists and other charlatans.<br /><br />Given Genesis 3:17-19, using science and technology to produce crops, irrigate when and where rain is not sufficient, improve crop yield, apply pesticides (something that has been done for the past 4,000 years) or even to devise replacement body parts (hip and knee joints, insulin pumps, cochlear implants, etc.) should be considered as blessings from God to this broken world. Abuses of science do occur, but that does not mean science should be denounced by means of the worst construction.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.com