What you and so many are failing to understand, JimmyW, is that these cycles have been occurring since creation. Ya' think the "scientists" following Noah had a theory that some sort of man-made climate change was responsible for the great flood that destroyed all of mankind except for Noah and his wife, and their three sons and their wives? Or, do you boo-hoo that account in the Bible, even though overwhelming geologic evidence exists that the great flood actually occurred? All those peoples who died due to their own wickedness, and who had heard Noah preaching repentance while he labored building that ark for 120 years, must have had a sad but brief realization that they were wrong, and that there really was a Creator who demanded obedience from them above their own self-centeredness. Self centeredness was at the core of the cause for that flood, and is at the core of humanism today.
Here's the essence of the issue with humanists ...... (those are the people who believe that mankind is the ultimate being in the universe, and do not believe in an omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent being .... God Almighty). Humanists easily convince themselves that every anomaly in nature, an anomaly being something that they cannot explain outside the belief of an omnipotent God, happens because of man and his actions. That is a critical error in analytical thought, but is the natural course of thought for an unbeliever, or one who places limits on the power of the Creator, the Almighty God.
The fact is that we are NOT in control. We do not set the course for civilization. We affect it, but only up to a point. We will not destroy the planet before the pre-determined end of the age, and we will not render it a place unfit for civilization outside of the will of God. That power is reserved for Him. When a person gets a proper perspective of their place in the order of things they come to understand just how unimportant they are in the ultimate order of time, but just how important they CAN be in the lives of those around them. And that, my friend, is a humbling perspective.
P.S. guys, better get said what you want to say. I predict this 'un will be locked soon.
