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> There is a severely underestimated group of religious people who think that only God controls the weather There are also millions of ultra-fundamentalists wh

> There is a severely underestimated group of religious people who think that only God controls the weather There are also millions of ultra-fundamentalists who believe that we are presently living in the "end times" and in some cases doing things to attempt to bring about the end of civilization and final parts of the book of Revelations as quickly as possible. Or they simply don't care about environmental matters because they actually believe civilization and human life on earth will cease to exist in the next 50 years.

UncleOxidant 5y ago
Yes, the vast majority of American Evangelicals (the largest sect of Christianity in the US) hold to an apocalyptic view. Their attitude is basically "God's going to burn everything down anyway, so why should we care about the earth?" - of course, other branches of Christianity would very much disagree with this assessment of the Book of Revelation, in fact, the Evangelical view is a fairly recent one emerging with Darby in the 1830s or so, and while he didn't find much of an audience for it in his native England or Ireland, he found a very receptive audience for his ideas when he came to America to preach them. If you have a time machine and want to have a big impact on history, stop Darby from arriving in America in the 1860s.
LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
Apocalypse WOW! I have a slightly different view. Not the end of the world, but the end of it as we (have) know(n) it! In the literal meaning of the word, as in lifting the veil which occludes reality. The reality of our existence as species on a world with limits exploding right back into our faces, shattering our illusions. No demons, holy spirits, or such. Those emerge out of our own weaknesses. Because of bad signal to noise ratio due to SPAM of bullshitters since ancient times.

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> There is a severely underestimated group of religious people who think that only God controls the weather There are also millions of ultra-fundamentalists wh

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UncleOxidant 5y ago
Yes, the vast majority of American Evangelicals (the largest sect of Christianity in the US) hold to an apocalyptic view. Their attitude is basically "God's going to burn everything down anyway, so why should we care about the earth?" - of course, other branches of Christianity would very much disagree with this assessment of the Book of Revelation, in fact, the Evangelical view is a fairly recent one emerging with Darby in the 1830s or so, and while he didn't find much of an audience for it in his native England or Ireland, he found a very receptive audience for his ideas when he came to America to preach them. If you have a time machine and want to have a big impact on history, stop Darby from arriving in America in the 1860s.
LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
Apocalypse WOW! I have a slightly different view. Not the end of the world, but the end of it as we (have) know(n) it! In the literal meaning of the word, as in lifting the veil which occludes reality. The reality of our existence as species on a world with limits exploding right back into our faces, shattering our illusions. No demons, holy spirits, or such. Those emerge out of our own weaknesses. Because of bad signal to noise ratio due to SPAM of bullshitters since ancient times.