In Reply to: I'm goona keep my mouth shut! (NT) posted by Mr. Don on August 22, 2005 at 19:24:21:
I'm just arguing from a Scriptural viewpoint, Mr. Don.
One of the first commandments to man was to take care of the earth. "The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take CARE of it." (Genesis 2:15, NIV).
With that commandment in mind ("take care of it") consider Jesus' words, "And he said to them, 'Occupy till I come.'"(Luke 19;13)
He didn't say, "Pollute till I come" or "destroy the world till I come." The original commandment was, "Take care of it" and Luke 19:13 makes it clear that we are to continue caring for the Earth till He comes.