We have been grateful for rain in recent days here in Southern Ontario although we'll be pleased if it holds off while we're camping this week. The drought and high temperatures of the hottest July on record were nothing compared to what's happening in California. Death Valley experienced the highest temperature ever verified (54 degrees Celsius) and the drought there has meant massive wildfires which are among the largest ever experienced in the state. Virtually everyone who is honest, from the governor to fire officials, to scientists say the conditions have been exacerbated by climate change. Old growth forest has been burned, including protected areas, and thousands have been evacuate.
Meanwhile, Iowa experienced an unusually strong and long-lasting line of thunderstorms called a derecho which battered vast acreages of corn and soybeans in what looked to be an excellent harvest. Hundreds of thousands were left without power for days..
These catastrophic events are happening with greater frequency in America even as the Trump administration dismantles laws which protect the environment and withdraws from international climate agreements.
Through the decades I've tried to understand conservative Christians who are rhapsodic about the return of Christ in an apocalyptic extravaganza which will destroy the Earth as we know it. Why they would anticipate that the Christ of love and compassion would return this way is beyond me. And why can't they look around them and see the human-made devastation which is affecting the planet which was brought into being by the God they claim to worship and revere. The apocalypse, or cosmic cataclysm is at hand for those who will open their eyes. The Creator waits for us to respond.
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