Jonathan Merritt, a seminary student with the Southern Baptist Convention; "I was an enemy of the environment, I approached it with disdain. And then I was sitting in a classroom and I felt like God spoke to me and put this idea, (Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change,) in my heart. You could say the scales fell from my eyes." TIME
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i've often wondered why there wasn't more acknowledgement of sustainability as part of the christian agenda - any and all denominations. stewardship is such a big part of the church-life talk, but then the leadership would get downright defensive when confronted with criticism about their positions on the environment.
the historic church was often the long-term-big-picture point-of-view that lead the way for its parishioners with their more myopic day-to-day concerns and no concept of a longer view. now it seems that so many church organizations are just as short-sighted as their populations and have to be led.
congrats to mr merritt for being a leader for his church. hope to see more christian groups following suit.
greeness is next to Godliness
saint francis of assisi... perhaps the first environmentalists?
My parent's church - in Oregon - is named Creator and focuses very much on responsible stewardship of the world as part of what it means to do God's work.
Also, the Catholic Church announced yesterday that polluting the environment is a mortal sin.
Social justice issues are slowly, slooowwwwly becoming part of mainstream religion, I think, and to good ends, I believe.
but but.... god put the coal in the appalachians so we could destroy those mountains and heat ourselves all whilst making ridiculous profit cos god wants us to make lots of money so we have more to tithe!
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