"Grandpa, why did people not know they were ruining the planet for us?"

[lindysalsagal]

"They knew, sweetie."

"But then why did they do it?"

"They had more important things to do."

"Like what?"

"They had to fight over which invisible god was in the sky and which people belonged to him."

[elleng]

1. ;-(

[NickB79]

2. Don't forget the money to be made on fossil fuels

[MurrayDelph]

3. Worse

They had to fight over the preferred name to call their imaginary friend.

[BlueTsunami2018]

4. It's money, not religion.

Although, money *is* a religion for some.

[roamer65]

5. Going to be a rough life for the 500 million or so left over.

Definitely wouldn’t want to be around for it.