Everyone worships something\u2026 that is just how God made us. But in a world that is corrupted by sin and in constant rebellion to its Creator, that worship gets distorted and twisted in ways that dishonor God. We can understand how that would happen in a jungle tribe where there is no direct access to what God has revealed about the right way to offer worship, but what about in America today? There is access to the Bible on everyone\u2019s phone or laptop, and the instructions are clear.<\/p>\n
Many people claim that the problem is just that\u2014the\u00a0God\u00a0of the\u00a0Bible\u00a0is much too demanding. He expects people to only worship him, follow a list of rules, act a certain way, hang out with certain people, and avoid certain people. So many expectations and such harsh judgment! They would prefer a loving\u00a0god\u00a0who accepts them for who they are and validates their choices. If they could find that\u00a0god, they would probably worship him . . . or her.<\/p>\n
The Apostle Paul outlines this type of thinking in Romans 1, describing a recognition of a powerful and divine being who is rejected and replaced with idols preferred by the individual. These idols put up with and even seem to condone and celebrate the immoral acts that the Creator rejected, so the people\u2019s slide into sinful, shameful acts continues until their hearts are so darkened and hardened that\u00a0God\u00a0gives them over to their passions.<\/p>\n
So I was surprised when I saw a recent commercial from Apple. The immediate tone is that someone very important is coming to HQ, and everyone is anxious to perform at their best. Evidence of \u201csins\u201d is being hidden, and bargains are being struck around the table. Thunder rolls as the earth shudders and the breeze flutters, carrying this powerful being who suddenly appears at the head of the table. Mother Nature and her assistant have arrived with her royal announcement, \u201cI hope we didn\u2019t keep you waiting,\u201d as a young lady gasps in awe.<\/p>\n
The CEO asks how the weather was (how clich\u00e9) and she responds, thunder rolling and sun blocked by clouds, \u201cThe weather was however I wanted it to be.\u201d She immediately begins chiding them about their promise to get to a \u201czero carbon footprint\u201d and wants to know how they are doing. They report on their progress and how they will be eliminating plastics in packaging by the end of next year. And using all recycled aluminum. And getting rid of leather. But Momma steps in to give the poor guy at the table wearing a leather jacket the bad news that he should be phased out. So, would it be better for him to be dead than the cow he is wearing? Her face says it all: humans are worth less than cows.<\/p>\n
Next, they move to how all of the clean electricity their stores and offices run on. And where, she asks, does all of this clean electricity come from? \u201cThanks to you and your powerful wind and sun.\u201d Then she gets both upset and smug when he starts to explain their \u201ccarbon neutral protocol,\u201d scolding him for assuming she doesn\u2019t already know. (But why is she there if she already knows?)<\/p>\n
Another lady talks of their penance in planting entire forests and grasslands with the goal of permanently removing carbon from the atmosphere. (But wouldn\u2019t that kill all the plants and algae? Mother Nature seems to miss that part.) Then the water offering of 63 billion gallons is presented, and the goddess finally seems to be pleased.<\/p>\n
She is then presented with another token: the first carbon-neutral product line. But she still wants them to do more. So the CEO continues to promise more \u201cgood works\u201d to appease his goddess: all products will have zero climate impact by 2030. Her response, \u201cThey\u2019d better!\u201d After setting the appointment for next year, she leaves the room and we hear, \u201cDon\u2019t disappoint your mother!\u201d Everyone relaxes because she thought they did OK.<\/p>\n
So the sacrifices must continue\u2014that is, the \u201cblood\u201d must continue to be spilled. But that is not how the\u00a0God\u00a0of the\u00a0Bible\u00a0treats his creatures. Although we rebelled against him, he was willing to take on flesh and bear the penalty for our sins in his own body so that the temporary payment of goats and calves would be ultimately satisfied in the sacrificial death of the perfect Lamb of\u00a0God\u00a0(Romans 5:6\u20138<\/a>;\u00a0Hebrews 9:11\u201315<\/a>).<\/p>\n While people claim they don\u2019t want to worship a\u00a0god\u00a0with so many demands, that is exactly what they are doing, and this video reveals the heart of the matter. The ancient goddess Gaia is the embodiment of the earth (Terra being the Roman equivalent) who brought forth Uranus and then the Titans and others through various means. While there was not a strong and devoted form of this throughout history, the veneration of a mother goddess connected to the earth is present in many cultures. And that idea persists today, especially in the neo-pagan ideas of Western culture seeking to save the planet from the scourge of man-made climate change. Placards at Earth Day marches and various environmental causes make a plea to \u201cLove Your Mother,\u201d and those who have sought to revive forms of goddess worship from European paganism continue that type of worship. The modern green movement has adopted Mother Earth as their goddess, and her sacraments and offerings are clear in their worship.<\/p>\n Read more at: harbingersdaily.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Everyone worships something\u2026 that is just how God made us. But in a world that is corrupted by sin and in constant rebellion to its Creator, that worship gets distorted and twisted in ways that dishonor God. We can understand how that would happen in a jungle tribe where there is no direct access to … Continue reading Environmental Worship: Apple Commerical Promotes Sacrifices To \u2018Mother Earth\u2019 goddess<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/white_horse_blog-300x100-300x100-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8fAkI-6qj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24696,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24695\/revisions\/24696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Gaia Cult<\/h4>\n