On Religion and Climate Change

[cbayer]

http://www.christianpost.com/news/on-religion-and-climate-change-73646/

By Jerry Newcombe , Christian Post Columnist
April 21, 2012|12:32 pm


Earth Day is around the corner, and next week a religious group dedicated to the environment will be meeting in Washington , D.C.

The Interfaith Moral Action on Climate (IMAC) declares itself to be "a collaborative initiative spanning faiths, spiritual traditions and people of good will."

Their goal for their DC meeting next week will include "urging elected officials to decisively act on the greatest moral crisis of our time."

In their opinion, "climate change is a moral issue" that should be "a priority for the faithful nationwide."


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[freshwest]

1. A refreshing change from those apocalyptics who view each disastrous event like the Gulf spill and

Other events such as hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes as God's punishment. Some applaud the mass die offs of ocean life from pollution as heralding the day they will be raptured and given their eternal reward while the rest of creation suffers in agony. Gives them another reason to ignore on the pain of others as part of a great process to set the Earth free of sin.

These groups meeting here, though are the kind of religious people that should be embraced by progressives. Whether it be those who bless animals and the rest of creation as sacred and necessary to all of us, adopt an Essene diet to prevent animal cruelty, or just live conscientiously to conserve and protect, they are the voices we need to heed.

We need to deny the right wing religionists who gloat and profit from human, animal and environmental destruction. I hope to hear more of this group soon, and maybe they will work with the farmers at OWS.

[Thats my opinion]

2. +1

[Warpy]

3. Evangelicals under 35 have been environmentalists for some time

and a lot of them have broken with their churches over the blind support of the Republicans, a party associated with despoiling the environment by protecting corporations instead of the country.

[freshwest]

4. That's good to hear.

[cbayer]

5. Very true. I have been watching them with great interest.

There is a group who feel they were co-opted and used by the RW and they have found purpose in saving the earth, the greatest gift from god in their opinion.

Here we share common ground.

[MineralMan]

6. Not surprising. Christians are charged

with caring for the planet in the Old Testament. It's good to see people following that charge.