Jonah on Climate Change约拿气候变化

I’d really like to know something, please educate me if you can.我要真正想知道的东西，请教育我，如果你可以。 After leaving Egypt, the Israelites moaned and complained and worshiped false idols, and then spent 40 years wandering around in the desert being miserable.后离开埃及，以色列人moaned ，并抱怨和虚假的偶像崇拜，然后花了40年徘徊在沙漠中被悲惨。

Another time, God sent the world’s-worst-prophet to Nineveh, the ancient capital of Assyria one of the enemies of the God-people.还有一次，上帝派遣world's -最坏的先知，以尼尼微，古都之一，亚述的敌人神人。 Jonah eventually proceeded to preach destruction on these people, who he really hated.约拿最终，进而鼓吹破坏对这些人，谁他真的恨。

The first group were the God-people and had seen some pretty amazing things.第一组的神人，并已看到了一些相当了不起的事情。 Locusts, frogs, rivers of blood, water from rocks.蝗灾，青蛙，河流的血液，水从岩石。 The second group weren’t the God-people, presumably knew nothing of the stuff this crazy man was saying (and it is a bit of a surprise they didn’t just kill him on the spot, given he was covered in fish sick) and yet “turned from their evil ways.” What was the difference?第二组不是上帝的人，想必一无所知的东西，这疯狂的男子说， （这是一个有点出人意料，他们不只是将他杀死，对现货，鉴于他所涵盖的鱼生病了）然而， “从他们的邪恶的方式”是什么区别？

The reason I’m asking is that it seems to me that Global Warming is clearly the most critical issue any of us are likely to face in our lifetimes.原因我要求的是在我看来，全球气候变暖，显然是最关键的问题我们任何人都可能面临在我们的有生之年实现这一目标。 To be frank, it scares me.要坦率地说，它害怕我。 Did you know, for example, that one of the leading climate scientists is now saying that the CO2 target in last year’s你知道，举例来说，一个主要的气候科学家现正说，二氧化碳的目标，在去年的 IPCC警监会 report was a serious overestimate?报告是一个严重高估？ According to his calculations, the international negotiations are pointless - because they are all assuming that we can reduce the /rate/ of increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, whereas the truth is that we actually have to reduce the /absolute/ amount in the atmosphere.根据他的计算，国际谈判是无谓的-因为他们都是假设，我们可以减少/率/增加的温室气体在大气层，而事实的真相是，我们其实有减少/绝对/金额，在气氛中进行的。 If true, it has massive ramifications.如果这是真的，它的大规模的后果。 It isn’t good enough to stabilize the current CO2, causing economic growth.这是还不够好，以稳定目前的二氧化碳，造成的经济增长。 We actually have to cut back.事实上，我们必须削减。

And given that we are within the 10% of the world’s population rich enough to actually read and understand these words, that has implications to the way we live our lives.鉴于我们都在10 ％的世界人口丰富的不够，其实阅读和理解这些话，已经影响到了我们的生活方式我们的生活。

Or try this one: did you know that 50% of all food produced by farms in America is wasted before anyone eats it?或尝试此一：您是否知道， 50 ％的所有食物所产生的农场在美国是浪费之前，任何人吃它呢？ That, if we somehow had the technology and willpower, all that wasted food in a year could meet half the annual import needs for the entire continent of Africa. ，如果我们在某种程度上有技术和意志，所有浪费食物在一年内能够满足一半，每年的进口需求，为整个非洲大陆。 That amount is just the wasted food from the UK.这一数额只是浪费食物来自英国。 Imagine the amount of wasted food from all the developed countries.想象的金额浪费食物从所有发达国家。 Think of all the cost of producing that food, only for it to end up in the dustbin.认为所有的生产成本的食物，只为它结束了，在垃圾桶。

The problem is not the thousands of people in Egypt fighting over bread or the billions living in absolute poverty, who face an even more uncertain future due to climate change.问题不在于成千上万的人在埃及的争夺面包或数十亿生活在绝对贫困中，谁面临着更不确定的未来，由于气候变化的影响。 The problem is the small percentage of rich people who are taking more than their fair share: us .问题是很小的百分比，有钱的人谁是采取更比他们公平地分享： 我们 。

I know many of us have been banging on about this for a long time.我知道我们很多人已经撞就对这个相当长的时间。 And I know there are some churches which have really grasped the message.我知道有一些教会，其中有真正掌握的讯息。 But is anyone actually prepared to repent of their wealthy lifestyles and face up to their responsibility for our greed which is causing the climate to change?但是，其实任何人都愿意悔改他们的富裕生活方式和面对他们的责任，为我们的贪婪，这是造成气候改变？ OK, we might be prepared to change a few light bulbs, but is that honestly going to stop the tsunami that is coming?确定，我们可能会准备改变数灯泡，但是，诚实的去阻止海啸，是未来？

This morning in church, I heard something a bit like this from the pulpit - “Climate change is a fact.今天上午在教堂，我听到的东西，有点像这从讲坛-“气候变化是一个事实。 But thinking about it can paralyze us because of the magnitude of the problem.但思考它可以瘫痪，我们因为这个问题的严重性。 So I just want you to remember this: don’t panic, God is in control.”所以，我只是想让你记住这一点：不要恐慌，上帝是在控制“ 。

Don’t panic?不恐慌？ Millions are dying because of the human greed of a few rich fat people, and the church is telling us “not to panic?” Whilst panicking might not be the best move in the face of a global catastrophe, surely repentance is.数百万人死亡，因为人类的贪婪数脂肪丰富的人，和教会告诉我们， “不要恐慌” ？惊慌，而未必是最佳动议，在面对一个全球性的灾难，肯定是有悔罪。 Costly repentance.昂贵的悔改之意。 The kind that says actually my lifestyle is totally wrong and I need to change my ways, fast.那种说，其实我的生活是完全错误的，我需要改变我的方式，快速。 God being in control in some ways is irrelevant.上帝被控制在在某些方面是无关宏旨。 From my bible knowledge, it seems quite likely to me that we are going to have to live with the consequences of our actions.从我的圣经知识，它似乎很有可能，我认为我们将会有生活的后果，我们的行动。 God being in control does not necessarily offer a Get Out of Jail Free Card for the future.上帝是在控制不一定提供一个走出监狱免费卡，为未来作好准备。 So what does this knowledge mean in our own lives, and how do we get the message out?那么，这是否意味着知识在我们自己的生活，以及如何做，我们得到消息呢？ How do we do better than Moses - with all his multi-media presentations and flashy graphics - and take lessons from the miserable, soaked, sick-smelling Jonah?我们如何做总比摩西-他的所有多种媒体的介绍和华而不实的图形-和采取的教训，从悲惨的，浸泡，病假闻约拿？ Is there any point in even trying?是否有任何一点，甚至尝试？

Author Bio: : Joe Turner is an angry 30-something with a bad memory for dates. 作者生物： ：乔特纳是一个愤怒的30多岁，与一个坏的记忆体日期。 He is founder of the他是创始人之一 Freedom Clothing Project自由成衣项目 - an effort to bring trade to some pretty dark places - a regular contributor to the -努力实现贸易的一些相当黑暗的地方-经常向 Celsias celsias climate change blog, a husband, father and气候变化的博客，一个丈夫，父亲和 ham-fisted user of theology火腿吝啬用户神学 . 。 Blunt and annoying.布朗特和恼人的。

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