Posted by
David Smith on Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:01:42 AM
I think that we all know that the political left has renowned itself for being strangely, violently "green," or protective of the environment. Without going into all of the wacky gimmicks that "Green's" have partaken of to champion the environment, allow me to convey an interesting observation from a Christian Womens' Conference that took place in Denton, Texas at my church this weekend.
2,000 women converged on Denton Bible Church this weekend to participate in this conference, including being served a catered lunch from Panera Bread--Mmmm!! Well-deserved plug there!
Well, I volunteered to serve in any capacity necessary for the conference all weekend including the lunch period. Now, having 2,000 women in any one such facility is an amazing thing to deal with which comes with its own unique set of matters to be dealt with! For example, when the women outnumber men about 2,000 to 20, men's restrooms go away real quick, converted to ladies rooms for the duration!
Another difficulty lay in seating these wonderful ladies for lunch. The fellowship hall accomodated approximately 700, and many were seated on lobby couches and in other seats throughout the building. However, a good number of these blessed souls ate sitting on the capeted floor, on the shaded curbs outside, or under several young trees planted when the facility was built in the last couple of years.
Needless to say, these ladies were all very patient with the somewhat limited facilities listed, both restrooms and seats. But what really amazed me was even though several hundred ladies sat outside enjoying the temperate Texas September weather, with paper sack lunches that included napkins, wrappers, and various other plasticware, etc, the total amount of trash collected outside amounted to the following:
One paper napkin.
That's all! One measly paper napkin made of presumably 100% post-consumer recycled materials anyway. I say this because it was that rough brown paper that hurts to blow your nose with--somewhat uncomfortable paper!
It is interesting to listen to the Al Gore-types rail on about pollution and its impact on our environment and yet hearing that the former Presidential candidate's home uses something like 20 times the average consumers' energy output. Hypocritical, too.
And it is also interesting to note that the political left vilifies conservatives, and specifically Christians, for anything and everything under the sun. Osama bin Ladin strikes again? "See, religion is nothing but trouble." Everyone driving SUV's? "Conservatives like their oil black and the sands of the Middle East blood red!" On and on.
Yet, sadly, absolutely no mention will ever be made that 2,000 Christian women gathered on Saturday in Denton, Texas, and the only evidence of it other than the smiles on their faces was one napkin, later picked up, that blew away from a little old granny sitting on her butt on the curb, contentedly discussing with several younger women the topics of the seminar and their application to these ladies' lives. She would have picked it up except that it blew away so fast.
But never mind, we servant-hearted, Christian men were there to take care of this massive amount of human waste byproducts being added to our environment, also affectionately referred to--still!--by a few conservative Christians concerned for God's Creation!
Way to go, ladies!