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Date Posted: 13:06:45 08/02/04 Mon
Author: UBFree
Subject: Re: Experiences in Saudi Arabia
In reply to: Tony Lang 's message, "Experiences in Saudi Arabia" on 09:20:05 08/02/04 Mon

Tony,

Don't get too excited about the global warming THEORY. Similiar to its cousin the evolutionary theory, the GW theory has many many holes in it.(pardon the pun) There are many credible scientist who believe that the GW theory is full of hot air.(sorry I can't resist). If you would like further information about these issues let me know. The problem is that many people accept these theories as fact because they fit there own particular world view or mind set. But, if there is one thing we've learned from our experience in UBF, its to always question and test what people(or self-proclaimed experts) say to us.

We will not make the world a better place by putting one class of people against another. Americans or Europeans did not cause the flood in Bangladesh. It was a natural castrophe nothing more, nothing less. As the scripture says, the rains falls on the rightouess and unrighteouss alike.

I do agree with you that many people worship money and materialism instead of God. But the way to change people is not to preach GW theory but to teach the biblical answer on what people should live for. God and not man will determine the end of this planet.

God Bless,
UBFree

>I have been working in Saudi since the beginning of
>the year.
>I am living on a compound near to where Al Qaeda
>terrorists killed a large number of innocent people.
>I work with a lot of expatriate workers. This is a
>most interesting experience. Sudanese , lebonese,
>Egyptians, Palastinians, Indians, Americans, Nepalese,
>Bangladeshes, Filippeanos, as well as Brits and
>Saudis. I am seeing real life. We spend a lot of
>time on this website understandably discussing our own
>problems. Working with collegues from the Third World
>I am seeing life through their eyes, their struggles
>and those of their families in order to survive, the
>reasons that forcede them to leave their countries to
>work in a foreign land for hardly any money. The
>Bangladeshi's that I meet seem to be earning between
>70$ - 120$ a month and working very long hours with
>two months holiday every two years. Recently we have
>seen on TV really terrible floods in Bangladesh. Half
>the country seems to be under water.
>Many of my Bangladesh collegues (wonderful people,
>always cheerful) have lost everything that they have
>worked many years to build for their families back
>home.
>Mustafa a man who I employ to do my washing his family
>has lost every thing, just washed away, a graduate
>forced to work doing menial tasks here. Ironically
>the Bible says to them that hath shall be given but to
>them that hath not shal be taken away the little that
>they hath. Alas Mustafa is one of those
>These floods are the result of global warming. Global
>warming is man made. We are destroying the World.
>We Christians believe that this is Gods world. This
>being so we should do everything in out power to save
>this planet.
>Global warming is a result of over production,
>modernisation and consumerism by the rich countries.
>The message of consumerism is comfort and convenience
>at the expense of spirituality. In the evangelical
>church I do not here this message being preached, most
>of the time it is about personal salvation. If the
>rich nations of the World are allowed to destroy this
>world there will be nobody left to whom we can offer
>personal salvation, and we wont be there to preach it.
>This is a problem caused by the rich countries, and it
>is the poor countries that are suffering.
>My friends believe me, Mustafa is a very nice man, I
>know he will work hard he will rebuild his small farm
>in Bangladesh that his wife runs, but in 15 years time
>another flood will come and again destroy his efforts.
>The vicious circle
>This is POVERTY and this is Gods World, (it was not
>made in Japan fifty years ago) and as Christians we
>need to think about changing our life styles. This is
>a message we should have on our lips, because we
>believe that man cannot live by bread alone, but
>somehow we think that he can and the more jam on the
>bread the better.

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Replies:

UBF and Bangladesh -- Joe, 12:42:54 08/03/04 Tue

Re: UBF and Bangladesh -- Desiree S. Ray, 15:43:39 08/03/04 Tue

Re: UBF and Bangladesh -- UBFree, 18:05:16 08/03/04 Tue
- Re: UBF and Bangladesh -- Desiree S Ray, 20:28:50 08/03/04 Tue
Re: UBF and Bangladesh -- Brother in Christ, 14:45:58 08/05/04 Thu