They don't care about the damage they are doing to the planet, because..
.. they are theocratic literal interpreters of the bible.. it is convenient to be this in so many ways. In terms of how we choose to manage the planet they have an easy get out clause: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.
Having grown up in the religious right I can say without hesitation that the evangelical right that surround Trump see this verse as God giving them permission to do whatever they want to planet earth. God said it was OK so therefore nothing bad will happen.
Problem is how can you argue against that logic with a fundamentalist? Whatever you say you are not God so therefore you are wrong. And God has given his own personal soldiers in Christ permission to do what they want to the planet, and this same God will protect them from any disasters because they are the chosen ones.
In the meantime the world burns. Yet another reason why we need to get these people out of the White House. Policy based on mad far right fundamentalism to manage the environment is never going to be in the interests of the plant, at all.
Heh.
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Based on a master plan or not, the plutocrats of the world have used the most sinister tricks imaginable against the common man and with no remorse. It's all about using divide-and-conquer to increase the wealth and power of the few.
Examples:
* As in the OP, co-opt churches to gain support of end-days believers so we can pollute the earth at will and strip it of all resources.
* Co-opt churches using emotional and economic issues such as abortion and to gain support of free-market prosperity gospel thinkers.
* Co-opt organizations that were formerly only mildly political (such as the NRA) to inflame relatively mundane constitutional issues into divisive political wars.
* Endear the public with the stock market using retirement investments so as to turn them against strong financial regulations and to cheer unbridled capitalism.
That list could go on forever.
They have plenty of resources to continue doing these things to our society until we rip ourselves apart with divisiveness...
They're fucking nuts. I wish their stupid rapture WOULD happen & suck them all away.
the ability to think like an amoral billionaire.
They.....
* only care about the unborn to get votes from evangelic churches. That's proven by the fact that when in power, they severely cut welfare programs that help feed and provide basic healthcare for the poor. In short, they kill a lot of poor people that have no voice.
* believe that due to their extreme wealth, they will always be protected from effects of climate change, pollution and uncontrolled stripping of our planet's resources. So, to protect profits, they are at war against any forms of environmental regulation or controls on resource usage.
KY........
religion has been used to justify committing some of the worst acts imaginable, from Crusades to Jihad and ISIS. I suppose it has something to do with believers learning to live in a way they believe will get them into heaven and self-righteously condemning anything else as godless. Forget about "critical thinking" and "facts."
