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This content was published January 28, 2010. … Somewhere in his drifting around the internet, I found a reference to the story of Noah and the Ark. A light bulb above my head switched on, and the answer was apparent: Global warming is the second great flood.
In the Biblical story, God was upset with the way man did things. She gave Noah a heads up. Noah was ridiculed by the good citizens of the day. Finally, it rained forty days and forty nights, and people got wet. Except for Noah, and his floating zoo.
In the modern version, God sees man making a wasteland of the bountiful planet. An amazing resource like oil is controlled by hateful tyrants, and burned to make cars run. The signs of dis ease are apparent to some, but they are ridiculed by the good citizens of the day.
This time, things are different. Instead of forty days and forty nights, it is two hundred years of burning fossil fuels. It is a time of war, and rumors of war.
This content was published January 31, 2010. … I was shooting from the hip the other day, and said that God was causing global warming. At first it seemed a bit goofy, but like other thoughts about her, the more I think, the more sense it makes. God is in the details.
A lot has to do with your idea of who God is. (maybe the four other w’s … what, when, where, and why … should also apply.) while I would not put global warming past Mary’s babydaddy, this paradigm is just a bit obsolete. The concept of God here is a fifth element, to go with earth, air, fire and water.
Some say that God is the difference between a human being and five dollars worth of chemicals. There seems to be an overall body of knowledge that makes the earth function. A DNA, or software. This framework of knowledge is part of the picture.
Right now, man is living in a paradise. A planet with earth, air, water and fire that is uniquely fabricated to support intelligent life. The role that God played in facilitating this planet is a mystery. There is a balance of life here … the right amount of gravity, the right ph balance in the oceans, the proper mix of gases in the atmosphere. Man has been granted this paradise … it was not earned, it was given out of the bounty of God. And man has done his best to destroy the environment. Promiscuously burning fossil fuels is just part of the damage.
If the level of CO2 in the air goes above a certain level, then the temperatures will start to rise. This has been proven time and time again. There are nay sayers … many of whom are on oil industry payrolls … who say this is a natural process, and has nothing to do with the actions of man. These people are similar to the upstanding citizens who ridiculed Noah.
It should be noted that the story of Noah and the ark might be a myth. That is, it is full of symbols and allegory, and is not to be taken literally. It could also be that in an ancient time, God got fed up with the evil deeds of man, and decided to teach us a lesson. This could be what is happening today. Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. The social media picture is a detail of this photograph: “Five unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms seated with stacked bayoneted rifle muskets and smoking cigars” ©Luther Mckinnon 2025 · selah