Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal...
by cicero on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @02:14PM
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The Bible gives no good reason to deny climate change. The leaders of the two largest Christian groups, the Catholic Popes (specifically Benedict XVI and Francis) and the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, have long been supporters of green policies.
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Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal...
by Jtsummers on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @02:31PM
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And actually, as it describes humans as the stewards of God's creation, green policies should be essential to their acts as Christians.
However, in the US, specifically in the South since that's my experience, many actively deny climate change and refuse to pursue green policies, ostensibly on religious grounds though when discussing it with them it either makes no sense or they can't establish any. It's very frustrating. They see climate change and green policies as some sort of atheist, pinko, commie conspiracy.
Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal...
by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @02:39PM
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I know. It's largely the literalists that go off the really deep end.
Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal...
by woodandsteel on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @05:51PM
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A good example is Jim Inhofe, the Republican chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. According to him, the Bible tells us that GCC is impossible because the atmosphere is under the control of God, and God would never allow anything harmful to humans like that to happen.
Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal...
by presidentender on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @02:45PM
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Literalists would be more likely to want to act as good stewards of creation.
Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal...
by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @03:49PM
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Technically true, except those who claim to stick to a literal interpretation of the book are much more likely to perform a selective reading of it, keep what they like, discard what they don't. Ends up being just another bullshit name.
Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal...
by presidentender on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @04:02PM
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So what you're saying is "there are religious people and I don't like them"?
Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal...
by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @06:42PM
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No, what I'm saying is - bullshit is everywhere, and religion does not have a special exemption from it.
Re:West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize with ‘Intense Unbal...
by presidentender on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @07:10PM
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