tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post865701840904459351..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Scared yet?byron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-72116990230151267822016-12-19T02:54:31.209+00:002016-12-19T02:54:31.209+00:00Wow, such an old post, but so true for me. My gues...Wow, such an old post, but so true for me. My guess is inaction of the world (and governments) place me where I am now (where as you in 2010).<br /><br />Thanks for the encouragement!Rusdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495723463078718309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-29198988748207052642010-11-12T02:27:58.616+00:002010-11-12T02:27:58.616+00:00Byron, if you really want to scare people you coul...Byron, if you really want to scare people you could point out <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/chocolate-worth-its-weight-in-gold-2127874.html" rel="nofollow">this report</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-35598180255678554962010-11-10T02:58:39.442+00:002010-11-10T02:58:39.442+00:00Thanks Geoff. It's true that being sick has sh...Thanks Geoff. It's true that <a href="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/2007/01/news-for-new-year.html" rel="nofollow">being sick</a> has shaped my approach to these matters, which is probably not surprising, because it was while I had lots of time recovering that I really began to get a grasp on the scale of the problems we face globally. Personal and corporate fears began to byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-5130792927894164422010-11-10T02:34:27.509+00:002010-11-10T02:34:27.509+00:00this is true personally (knowledge of a terminal a...<i>this is true personally (knowledge of a terminal and untreatable diagnosis is better than ignorance of it), and socially</i><br /><br />which is why what you post has such integrity... and those who applauded your faith and courage while ill cannot really turn around and accuse you of <i>merely</i> peddling fear and doom regarding our ecological illness.<br /><br />Similar challenges. Similar gbroughtohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04835374770367316112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-8288021113545522902010-11-09T16:18:17.505+00:002010-11-09T16:18:17.505+00:00Peter - That is a very interesting book. I've ...Peter - That is a very interesting book. I've meant to blog more about it. I put up three quotes back <a href="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/2010/05/facing-truth.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/2010/06/from-mouths-of-babes-dangerous.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-51650313872676936402010-11-09T07:11:31.635+00:002010-11-09T07:11:31.635+00:00Thanks for you post, Byron. I think we need to be ...Thanks for you post, Byron. I think we need to be more concerned about these matters even if sometimes we (ourselves, our households, our churches, our wider communities) can't see what to do in short term that is more than a pointer in the direction to go. The 'machine', the 'system', whatever, sometimes feels too big. So I take heart in the 'Fear not'. Yet I am Ian Packerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16018869275276615557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-78146386790626124942010-11-09T07:06:10.948+00:002010-11-09T07:06:10.948+00:00Just because we believe and preach the Gospel does...Just because we believe and preach the Gospel doesn't mean that shouldn't tell that idiot standing on the railway tracks that a train is coming.Neil Cameron (One Salient Oversight)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03143948543305522865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-27872515617969160282010-11-09T05:33:31.060+00:002010-11-09T05:33:31.060+00:00Keep up the good work Byron. I am reading "R...Keep up the good work Byron. I am reading "Requiem for a Species" at the moment and find the links and post you share very helpful. In the end our hope is in Christ but the proclamation of the good news comes with the hard edge of judgemnent for where we are getting it wrong. This blog got a mention in last Sunday's sermon as I preached on greed as idolatry (Col 3) suggesting Peter Lockhartnoreply@blogger.com