Pardon Me If I Don’t Celebrate Earth Day

 The revisionist history of Earth Day claims that the first one was on 22 April 1970 and was started by  Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin, as a wonderful day to focus on cleaning the environment.

Fact is Nelson was a fan of the Viet Nam war protestors and modeled an environmental protest after the demonstrations. He called them teach-ins.

One of the main speakers at that first demonstration was none other than Ira Einhorn—a leader of the drug, and free-love movements in the 1960s.

Why is Earth Day celebrated on 22 April each year? Kathleen Rogers, president of Washington, D.C.-based Earth Day Network, which was founded by the original organizers of Earth Day, claims 22 April 1970, was chosen for the first Earth Day in part because it fell on a Wednesday, the best part of the week to encourage a large turnout for the environmental rallies. “It worked out perfectly, because everybody was at work and they all left,” she said.

Well, again the revisionists have worked hard to alter history.  John McConnell first introduced the idea of a global "Earth Day" at the 1969 UNESCO Conference on the Environment. The first Earth Day proclamation was issued by San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto on March 21, 1970. Celebrations were held in various cities, such as San Francisco with a multi-day street party.

UN Secretary-General U Thant supported McConnell's global initiative to celebrate this annual event; and on February 26, 1971, he signed a proclamation to that effect, saying: “May there be only peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful Spaceship Earth as it continues to spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life”.

Why March, because it marked the precise moment of astronomical spring in the h0orthern hemisphere. An equinox where the sun is directly above the Earth’s equator, which happens around the 20^th of March and the 23^rd of September each year.

So why was it changed to 22 April, many believe that it was because 22 April was the birthday of none other than Vladimir Lenin. Lenin’s goal was to destroy private property, a goal obviously shared with all the radical tree hugging dirt people.  

The United Nations secretary-general Kurt Waldheim observed Earth Day on the March equinox in 1972, and the United Nations Earth Day ceremony has continued each year since on the day of the March equinox but also works with organizers of the April 22 event.

Margaret Mead added her support for the equinox Earth Day, and with a very revealing statement in 1978 declared:  "Earth Day is the first holy day which transcends all national borders, yet preserves all geographical integrities, spans mountains and oceans and time belts, and yet brings people all over the world into one resonating accord, is devoted to the preservation of the harmony in nature and yet draws upon the triumphs of technology, the measurement of time, and instantaneous communication through space.”

This is one of the Earth Day Anthems

Our cosmic oasis, cosmic blue pearl

the most beautiful planet in the universe

our cosmic oasis, cosmic blue pearl

all the continents and the oceans of the world

united we stand as flora and fauna

united we stand as species of one earth

black, brown, white, different colors

we are humans, the earth is our home...

Do I want clean air and water of course, we can’t live without them. I am disgusted by people trashing up the planet. The problem is I abhor even more the idea of the government taking private property to protect some animal or insect that is very capable of surviving on its own. Worse yet is diverting water needed by humans to protect a non-essential organism. From the beginning of time to today there has been a constant extinction of animal species and the discovery of new species. God created all that is and none it, after Adam messed up, is intended to last forever, not even humans.     

So Earth is not my home, I’m just passing through and Jesus The Christ is my recognized God, He sacrificed for me, not the dirt I walk on. All that was created is intended for man to use not to worship. God is the Father but the Earth is not my Mother. 

Good Easter Greetings

“He’s Alive”, “He is Risen” are only a couple of great proclamations that will be heard this day in churches and homes all over the world.  They are statements reflecting the fact that the tomb that held the dead body of Jesus is empty and the risen Christ has proven all that Jesus had claimed.

For those who believe in Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, this is indeed a great day of celebration. 

One of the great misconceptions about Jesus is that he stood silent before Pilate. Few things could be more wrong. It was, in the face of death, that Jesus declared to Pilate and the world that He was indeed a king, adding that the reason He was born was to come into the world and testify to the truth and that everyone on the side of truth listens to Him. Many even now take the position of Pilate and ask, “What is truth”. Many more declare they belong to Jesus but are silent about Him even apologetic. Have you ever heard someone start a comment with I believe in God “but”..…  What we as Christians need to be saying is, “I believe in God “and”……   

I fear that today we as Christians have sacrificed our obedience and lost our joy, for the comfort of silence and acceptance by the world. I can find no support in God’s Word for an apologetic, timid Christian having the full favor of God. I do find the words of Jesus that condemn “lukewarmness”.  

Christians are great at declaring their salvation to other Christians and in church but seem to miss the boat in their public pronouncements. It amazes me to see people parking their cars in the church parking lots with bumper stickers supporting abortions, non-traditional marriages, political candidates that have shown and supported ungodly behavior and policies. Even worse is hearing a Christian say that Christians shouldn’t be involved in politics. It’s because of the lack of strong Christians in politics that our nation now stands on the brink of destruction from within. 

Today we celebrate, as we should, the resurrection of Jesus, isn’t it also time to celebrate the resurrection of Godly values in our personal lives, in our families and in our nation?