Crab Grass
I was on Facebook today when one of my friends posted the following: "________________ is wondering what the appropriate, biblical response to crabgrass should be...." I actually stopped to think about it because it dumbfounded me that someone with any real knowledge of Christianity would have to think about this.
According to the Bible, God created grass. All grass. Why would He want us to systematically destroy one race of grass that He created? (Sidenote: Is a hatred of crab grass a kind of racism?) There is also the environmental impact of most chemicals used to get rid of crab grass. The chemicals runoff into the natural water supply and kill the life therein. Not just fish, but the natural algaes too. So in using these chemicals to commit agricultural genocide, you are also destroying an eco-system that He created.
Now we can move on to the money one spends buying the killing chemicals. The Bible charges us to be frugal and wise in our spending and to be "Good Stewards". Most Evangelicals interpret this to mean that God is responsible for everything we get in this life, including our money. He gets us jobs, gives us the energy to go to those jobs, and thus provides us with a paycheck that we are then expected to use responsibly to glorify Him, both through consistent tithing and philanthropic works. Money used to kill crab grass does not glorify the Lord, but is rather a sign of one's vanity.
So what would be the Biblical responce to crabgrass? Leave it alone! It's not doing anything to hurt you or the people around you, and getting rid of it is a waste of money AND is harmful to the environment.
PS, this is just me ranting, feel free to ignore. :D
According to the Bible, God created grass. All grass. Why would He want us to systematically destroy one race of grass that He created? (Sidenote: Is a hatred of crab grass a kind of racism?) There is also the environmental impact of most chemicals used to get rid of crab grass. The chemicals runoff into the natural water supply and kill the life therein. Not just fish, but the natural algaes too. So in using these chemicals to commit agricultural genocide, you are also destroying an eco-system that He created.
Now we can move on to the money one spends buying the killing chemicals. The Bible charges us to be frugal and wise in our spending and to be "Good Stewards". Most Evangelicals interpret this to mean that God is responsible for everything we get in this life, including our money. He gets us jobs, gives us the energy to go to those jobs, and thus provides us with a paycheck that we are then expected to use responsibly to glorify Him, both through consistent tithing and philanthropic works. Money used to kill crab grass does not glorify the Lord, but is rather a sign of one's vanity.
So what would be the Biblical responce to crabgrass? Leave it alone! It's not doing anything to hurt you or the people around you, and getting rid of it is a waste of money AND is harmful to the environment.
PS, this is just me ranting, feel free to ignore. :D