Title: The New Global Warming Thread
Post by: Kidnapkid on March 12, 2010, 02:14:22 PM
Post by: Kidnapkid on March 12, 2010, 02:14:22 PM
Check this out. http://www.landoverbaptist.org/2008/april/conservationsin.html This is courtesy of the Landover Baptist Church, and just the sort of stuff that made me want to join a forum, and more.
I do realize that a lot of Christians are trying to take steps to protect the world and clean up our air, water, and land. However, it's these (is there such a term as) radical conservatives, that scare me utterly. Have me quaking in my heels. Not to mention make me feel the need to actually say and do something. I'm a pretty green person as far as we Americans go. I ride a bike, take public transportation in a city that just got a bunch of green buses. I recycle everything I can. I'd even compost if I didn't have a cement yard.
The funny thing is that the Christians who are trying to clean things up site the same scripture as those actually trying to destroy the world.
I feel like I should be doing something. Climate change is a real thing, whether or not we're responsible. Because we may just be exacerbating a natural phenomenon. But I really don't see how some care for the planet we live on could ever be a bad thing... Unless you're a super christian and want to hurry along the rapture. It's been thoughts like these that that have me reaching out to like minded individuals. I guess I just want to be more informed in general and see what other people, who like me, have every right to be afraid. It's like having a neighbor who keeps trying to burn down your house.
I do realize that a lot of Christians are trying to take steps to protect the world and clean up our air, water, and land. However, it's these (is there such a term as) radical conservatives, that scare me utterly. Have me quaking in my heels. Not to mention make me feel the need to actually say and do something. I'm a pretty green person as far as we Americans go. I ride a bike, take public transportation in a city that just got a bunch of green buses. I recycle everything I can. I'd even compost if I didn't have a cement yard.
The funny thing is that the Christians who are trying to clean things up site the same scripture as those actually trying to destroy the world.
I feel like I should be doing something. Climate change is a real thing, whether or not we're responsible. Because we may just be exacerbating a natural phenomenon. But I really don't see how some care for the planet we live on could ever be a bad thing... Unless you're a super christian and want to hurry along the rapture. It's been thoughts like these that that have me reaching out to like minded individuals. I guess I just want to be more informed in general and see what other people, who like me, have every right to be afraid. It's like having a neighbor who keeps trying to burn down your house.
Title: Re: The New Global Warming Thread
Post by: Dagda on March 16, 2010, 10:24:36 AM
Post by: Dagda on March 16, 2010, 10:24:36 AM
In Britain where Christianity is not the same force it is conservative businessmen (predominantly) who may or may not be Christians (not really a selling point in Britain) who try and prevent green measures. Don’t for a second believe that if all of America’s Christian Conservatives emigrated to Mexico (I would love to see that) that the global warming deniers would go away.
Title: Re: The New Global Warming Thread
Post by: Recusant on March 16, 2010, 06:07:37 PM
Post by: Recusant on March 16, 2010, 06:07:37 PM
Just a point of information: Landover Baptist Church is an example of Poe's Law (http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Poe's_Law) in action. In other words, it's a parody site (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landover_Baptist_Church).
Title: Re: The New Global Warming Thread
Post by: Whitney on March 16, 2010, 06:28:15 PM
Post by: Whitney on March 16, 2010, 06:28:15 PM
Quote from: "Recusant"Just a point of information: Landover Baptist Church is an example of Poe's Law (http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Poe's_Law) in action. In other words, it's a parody site (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landover_Baptist_Church).
yup, just look at their ads and their t-shirt shop
