CLIMATE CHANGE "WHAT IFS"

 

There seems to be a lot of “What if?” questions about climate change. The latest one I read was “What if all the ice caps melted?” The author went on to say that if Greenland’s ice cap and Antarctica’s ice cap both melted, then all the major coastal cities would be flooded. He then stressed the urgency of eliminating fossil fuel consumption. It’s pretty scary stuff.

Another “What if?” asks, “What if there is too much CO2 in the atmosphere?” The greenhouse effect would raise global temperatures by several degrees. The same would happen with an excess of Methane. The fear is that too much heat would ruin life as we know it. It’s pretty scary stuff.

There have been movies made about “What if?” this or that happens. What if the Atlantic current cools down and causes another ice age? What if an asteroid crashes into the earth? What if the Earth’s core stops spinning? And the scariest of all: what if aliens from another part of the Universe try to conquer and destroy humans? It’s pretty scary stuff.

I have my own set of “What if” questions.  What if the ice caps melt a bit and then freeze over again, as has happened in the past? What if a warmer atmosphere increases food production and feeds more people until it cools down again? What if fossil fuel consumption has very little negative effect on human life, but rather improves it drastically. What if there is no life in any other part of the universe and there are physical limitations of extraterrestrial travel anyway. What if there is nothing above or anywhere to be scared of? It’s not scary after all.

Finally, what if God is correct when He said Genesis 8:22 (NKJV) "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease"? Remember, Jesus said many times, “Fear not. Don’t be afraid.”

There’s no need to be scared.

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