Bio Fuel Conspiracy

I am not traditionally a "conspiracy theorist" per se, but I am beginning to have my senses tingle a bit. I am, as most people, beginning to be annoyed with the sudden spike in gas costs. There are just too many elements converging all at once for my sensitivities. Notice, all the present talk and cultural obsessions are driven by the governments assessment of "global warming" (Al Gore), and the governments solution is "bio-fuel" (ethanol). Thus, the government decides to fund (with tax payers dollars) farms that will grow corn for fuel. Unfortunately for them not many people are buying cars that drive on ethanol. So, what do they do next? They are stuck investing money into a product that is expensive to make and drives the prices of many goods and services up in other areas, such as groceries and restaurants, making it hard on everyday people to function. Well, the solution is to drive up cost of fuel. If fuel costs rise and enough media push the need for bio fuel, acting as though it is the only answer, then people will buy it! They keep spreading out the recession word about the economy right up the cusp of talking about fuel prices which then naturally leads people to look for answers. The answer according to the media, Al Gore, and a host of liberals is Ethanol!
So you tell me, is the extended raising of gas prices working in tandem with the push for bio fuels? And if so does that mean that we are being manipulated by the powers that be (once again) in order to accomplish their goals? Is the government in bed with the Gas industry?

Food for thought.

Listening to the Prophets

I told you a while ago that I was going to comment on both "everyday theology" (vanhoozer), and "Prayer and The Knowledge of God" (Goldsworthy). Well, I did comment on Goldsworthy, but, well, I got kind of bored with Vanhoozer's student essays. Anyway, I picked up "A Christian Manifesto" by Francis Shaeffer in the meantime. The book was very interesting. I have yet to read a book quite like it. The book was basically a call to arms for Christian activists. He writes about how humanism is THE competing worldview against Christianity. His cry is that God's people must stand up against this Darwinian satanic worldview which has infected all areas of life and freedom. His main attack is centered upon law and government, which he sees as the ultimate betrayer of human meaning and existence. He thinks (and rightfully so) that those who are in power are saturated with humanism and thus base law and governance upon its amoral objectives. Simply put, if man is nothing more than material energy without a higher authority to which he is ultimately accountable than the pursuit of his personal happiness is not only his right, but also his duty. For Shaeffer, humanism's greatest danger is that it places man above law. Thus, he can change it without moral reflection or accountability. This is why, says Shaeffer, we have abortion being legalized.

He goes onto talk about how Christians should stand and fight against such moral outrage. Christians should deny obedience to such governance and those who try to suppress the truth of God's law.

I could not help but to think as I read that I was reading a type of Jeremiah or Isaiah. The book was very foretelling about the condition of America, especially seeing as how the book was written in 1981. He was spot on with what America would be like in the future if evangelicals do not stand in opposition to the government. Again, abortion was his main issue. All in all, I really liked the book and it has given me MUCH to think about and wrestle over.

The man was a great philosophical theologian and I admire him greatly.