[sr4402]

Christianity, writes White, “bears a huge burden of guilt” for the destruction of the environment ...

Liberalism, Progressivism, Communism and Socialism all bear a huge burden of guilt for the oppression and destruction of man.

Christianity brought us Hospitals, Universities, Caring for the Aged and your fellow man.

Environmentalism seeks the oppression of man, by making the "Environment", not the benefit of man, the primary focus. "Death Panels", "Survival of the Fittest", Euthanasia and Abortion are surly in its wake.

Do not seek for such, for such is only Ruination and Despair.

[JimSEA]

Evangelical Atheistic Ecotheology is clearly the up and coming religion these days. Their main competitor is, of course, Islam.

[Notary Sojac]

The funny thing is, I generally live like a "carbon Calvinist".

We now live in a modest house, on several acres so that we can raise a fair amount of our own produce.

We drive small, high gas mileage cars.

Our house is heated by a natural gas well on the property.

And we're frugal. We buy things, when needed, keeping in mind that they need to last for many years. This often means we buy rebuilt appliances, etc. from the 50s-70s due to the better materials used and absence of un-repairable electronics.

Some would call it "living for Gaia"...I call it "going Galt".

[GladesGuru]

More “Trash Thought” with a patina of theology to disguise it. Note the following:
“Describing environmentalism as a religion is not equivalent to saying that global warming is not real. Indeed, the evidence for it is overwhelming, and there are powerful reasons to believe that humans are causing it.”

The author, a theological poseur mouths the Goron line, “Indeed, the evidence for it is overwhelming, “ when there is NO such “overwhelming” evidence.

The theologically inclined should avoid discussions predicated upon facts, as beliefs (the sum & substance of theology) are not a substitute for the hard data and sound premises of science.

[Zionist Conspirator]

In stark contrast to pagan animism, Christianity posited “a dualism of man and nature” and “insisted that it is God’s will that man exploit nature for his proper ends.” Whereas older pagan creeds gave a cyclical account of time, Christianity presumed a teleological direction to history, and with it the possibility of progress.

Why is it that these opponents of teleology never seem to criticize or object to the historical teleology and progressivism of Hegelianism and Marxism?

[eclecticEel]

What a fabulous article, thanks for posting. Environmentalism, and its attendant phobia of global warming, is the Marxism of our generation. We do well to understand its philosophical moorings.

[SuziQ]

Yep, it’s a religion with those folks, and whoever doesn’t believe is an infidel.