“The human appetite for animal flesh is a driving force behind
virtually every major category of environmental damage now threatening
the human future – deforestation, erosion, fresh water scarcity, air
and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, social
justice, the destabilization of communities and the spread of
disease.”
This quotation from the editors of World Watch,
July/August 2004, is even more accurate about the state of the world
today, two years later. Nearly every day we hear about floods, mud
slides, record-breaking heat, etc.
What I think makes these conditions even worse is the fact that the
population of the world is increasing, putting more and more of the
planet’s humans and other animals at risk. Yet the majority of humans
are reluctant to listen, let alone make the simple, necessary changes
that would benefit themselves and their loved ones. In other words, they
are their own worst enemies.
The following scriptures apply to the state of humanity today, just
as they did thousands of years ago:
Galatians 6:7-8
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows,
that he will also reap.
~ New King James Version
Galatians 5:22-24
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
~ New American Standard Bible
Micah 6:8
8 He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?
~ New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 59:15
15 Yes, truth is lacking;
And he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey.
~ New American Standard Bible
Romans 1:20
20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes,
His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being
understood through what has been made, so that they are without
excuse.
~ New American Standard Bible
They are indeed “without excuse” and will have no one to blame but
themselves.
