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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 Franci

by cicero 10y ago

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.

Jtsummers 10y ago
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.
Florin_Andrei 10y ago
I know. It's largely the literalists that go off the really deep end.
- presidentender 10y ago
  Literalists would be more likely to want to act as good stewards of creation.
  - Florin_Andrei 10y ago
    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.
    - presidentender 10y ago
      So what you're saying is "there are religious people and I don't like them"?
      - Florin_Andrei 10y ago
        No, what I'm saying is - bullshit is everywhere, and religion does not have a special exemption from it.
        presidentender 10y ago
        https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12798868 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12798868
- woodandsteel 10y ago
  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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Inhofe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Inhofe

by cicero 10y ago

Jtsummers 10y ago

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.

Florin_Andrei 10y ago

I know. It's largely the literalists that go off the really deep end.

presidentender 10y ago
Literalists would be more likely to want to act as good stewards of creation.
- Florin_Andrei 10y ago
  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.
  - presidentender 10y ago
    So what you're saying is "there are religious people and I don't like them"?
    - Florin_Andrei 10y ago
      No, what I'm saying is - bullshit is everywhere, and religion does not have a special exemption from it.
      - presidentender 10y ago
        https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12798868 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12798868
woodandsteel 10y ago
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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Inhofe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Inhofe