Environmentally Mental

Initially wide-eyed and eybrows up as I read the headline "Fireworks shows need environmental review", I felt my expressions change to the ugliness of disgust and shame as I read the article in its entirety.

Fireworks Shows Need Environmental Review

As I neared the end of the article, I couldn't help but to wonder what kind of environmental review will need to occur in order to exercise our rights of assembly in other aspects of life.  If a YM/YW fireside is held at the bishop's house, and that means there will be about 25 people in attendance, does that then mean that we must first have an environmental assessment performed? 

I'm certain there is some sort of environmental impact in having that many humans in a single place all at once.  Or is it possible that dear sweet Mother Earth can handle what we humans throw her way?  After all, the Lord did create this earth.  We are to be good stewards of the land, but this is just ridiculous. 

As my good husband and one of my email signatures say:  "Take care of yourselves, you wingnuts.  I'll be fine.  ~Earth"

I'm so baffled by the insanity that has swept so many seemingly intelligent people.  Again, we are to be good stewards of the land.  But the nonsense that driving my car to work daily and to church as often as I do is going to be the earth's undoing is just crazy.  We've been told that in these latter days a whole host of lies, deceit, and mayhem will be unleashed upon us.  We also know that wise choice people will be tricked.  I cannot help but to think that this is happening for certain in this whole environmental hoo-hah that has swept us in the past twenty years. 

We know that the Constitution was a divinely inspired document which would allow for the Restoration of the Lord's gospel on earth again.  Until this country of ours existed, there was no other land on earth which allowed for her citizens to govern themselves AND not have the Church and Government be subject to one another.  The Constitution gave us liberty, and every single day we give our liberty away by buying the notion that no, we don't know how to make decisions for ourselves.  No, we don't know what's best to do with our earnings/private property.  No we don't know how to choose foods we like or want.  No, we don't know how to educate our families.  It can go on and on and on and on....and it does.

For some reason, people have been pleased to trade in their liberties for the great great opportunity to have a "leader" tell us what we should do, be, say, etc.  'You are too stupid to manage your life on your own, so do it this way' is the message...but a quiet message.  Trading in our liberties has gotten us to apologize for being such lowly creatures.  How dare a human pretend to be greater than an oak tree, a fish in the sea, or the wind itself?!  Well, I happen to remember something along the lines of...

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it:  and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 

I believe the Lord.  I believe we need to be good to our land.  I do not believe, however, that we are in need of all this garbage and legislation which treats us like morons.