A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Opinion
Re: Worship Services page, July 29 Christian Comment.
I challenge Esther Henderson’s Saturday Christian Comment opinion on Genesis’s Biblical account of creation regarding, “Be fruitful and increase in number”, stewardship, exploiting the Earth and its resources etc.
I am an elderly, casual church-goer and don’t wholeheartedly accept all holy Biblescripture. People today are becoming more and more concerned with the environment and what humans are doing to it. For many, including Christians, this issue has become very emotional.
There may be black-and-white issues. However, some things are so varied and complex, often involving wayward human behaviour and motives, that black-and-white answers may be risky and hard to find. Sincere, Bible-believing Christians may end up on opposing sides of such issues.
Regarding issues like mining, land clearance, logging, ocean exploitation, nuclear issues, etc, we usually have more questions than answers. Often we do not have enough information to ask the right questions. We need to gather and carefully assess all the information possible in our attempt to resolve these issues. Instead of blanket rules applied indiscriminately, we must fall back on principles.
I dare to say I do not believe ultimately that the world belongs to God. She is our mother and home for all life that lives here, and by behaving as we do and continuing to do so, we destroy her and the home for all future generations of our offspring and other beings to come.
