To Bulldoze or Not to Bulldoze; That Is the Question.

Tree-huggers used to lie down in front of bulldozers to prevent a tree from being cut down in the name of environmental conservation.

But there’s been a “subtle shift.”

Now, globalists such as Bill Gates want to hire bulldozers to cut, clear, and bury 70 million acres of trees. Except that they will be “fully autonomous timber harvesting machines”—in other words a new and improved bulldozer. Apparently burying one billion tons of biomass is supposed to be the new way to save the planet.

Sometimes a meme says it all!

Massive stands of timber are apparently no longer a (good) “thing.” The beautiful God-created interaction between plant photosynthesis and human respiration is also apparently no longer a thing.

The premise of the tree-harvesting is that trees store carbon dioxide in their “biomass” and emit it into the atmosphere. I never heard of that before. It’s not what the schematic above shows—which is what I was taught in school. Perhaps I missed that part in Dr. Winstead’s botany class when she was dragging us through the JMU Arboretum in the pouring rain, with blue ballpoint streaks over my previously perfect lab composition book! Possibly it’s true, but I would have suspected God would have taken that into account in creation, and that even if they do, that is not a bad thing!

“I wonder what they do teach them at these schools.” (The Professor, Chapter 5, in C. S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe)

Perhaps the schools don’t teach this anymore because they’re too worried about the pronouns, or the gender, or the “critical race.” Or perhaps the corporations are too woke that the absurdity is lost on Hershey Chocolate hiring a trans woman (aka biological male, Fae Johnstone) to promote International Women’s Day. They may not have anticipated a new chocolate brand being launched in reaction. I just ordered a 12-pack for the office and can’t wait for it to arrive!

So how do we live in an increasingly crazy and evil world?

First, by calling evil by its name—evil. Anything that doesn’t accord with created order—whether plant photosynthesis or gender, is evil. Not just mixed up. Not just nuts. But evil.

Second, by speaking the truth. The above alternative chocolate by Jeremy’s Razors is so clever because it speaks the truth in a very simple way. Perhaps subtlety needs to give way to candor.

Third, by cultivating our spiritual life, specifically a relationship with Christ. One of my patients told me recently that truth is not a thing; it’s a Person. How true that is. If we don’t know Christ, we don’t know ultimate Truth. But when we know the Truth, that will set us free (John 8:32)!

Fourth, by being awakened and not “woke.” Keep your head above the water and your eyes peeled to the horizon. Don’t buy what many people are sellin’ these days.

And finally, by resting confidently in the assurance that this crazy and evil world is completely under God’s control!

I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you about a film happening this week—Dinesh D’Souza’s Police State. It’s being shown in select theaters across this land tonight and Wednesday evening with a virtual premiere on Friday evening, October 27. Anything by D’Souza gets my highest recommendation. It unfortunately shows what the good Old US of A is fast becoming.

And now, it’s off to hot ham and cheese sandwiches for a light supper!

Dr. Yeager’s reflections on goodness, truth, and beauty and their impact on life, medicine, and theology; what it means to live as male and female reflections of the imago Dei (Genesis 1:27); not intended as individual medical advice.