Posted on 04/21/2023 5:03:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Climate change is a major concern for a majority of religious Americans, but it’s not discussed much in congregations, according to the Pew Research Center. This has led to increased feelings of sadness, loss, and despair as people witness negative effects on the environment.
This is known as “ecological grief,” which has led some to turn to religion for comfort and support. In response, leaders from the four biggest faiths in Pennsylvania (Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism) will gather at the Gettysburg Seminary Chapel for an Earth Day interfaith service focused on environmental stewardship.
Judy Young, a former pastor who organized the event, said the service is part of a process called “grieving and growing,” which seeks to provide people with a place where they can find peace by acknowledging that we’re in a state of grief about the impact of climate change.
“It’s trying to give people a place where they can find peace by acknowledging that we’re in a state of grief about this,” she said. “And then once they accept that, then you can start absorbing the information that you need to to get to work.”
udy Young said many she’s spoken to are worried about politicians who deny climate change exists.
“So, the fact that we actually have some of this very tiny percentage of the population writing legislation is pretty horrifying,” she said. “Part of this realization that we’ve come to, that we’re in the majority here. We need to act like it.”
As climate change continues to pose challenges to life on Earth, Young said it’s important to recognize the impact of ecological grief and find ways to cope with it.
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BS
FU and your climate 'news'
Whenever you see the word “interfaith” mentioned, you immediately know it is about LEFTIST religion.
Earth Day = GAIA, the religion of the Rat Party.
Government propaganda.
Dear Government, are these people actually concerned about the climate they experience or are they concerned about the topic of “climate change” you deviously, relentlessly push?
Knock it off state run enn pee arr.
Separation of church and state. Get lost.
My faith does not allow me to submit to the will of men.
A good session of real science would do far better to offer hope. Believeing National Panhandling Radio is akin to thinking that a third grade science “volcano” makes one a PhD.
Yep.
For the former pastor, she might want to reread Matthew 17-22.
“As climate change continues to pose challenges to life on Earth, Young said it’s important to recognize the impact of ecological grief and find ways to cope with it.”
SantaClaws science incorrectly defines climate, which leads to irrational “proposed solutions”.
When climate is accurately defined in real science as a thermodynamic system (which it is) involving the sun, the earth’s entire surface and the moon, there are no longer any problems that can be solved since the focus of the thermal input of climate is the sun. The earth’s atmosphere has less than bupkis to do with “causing” or “regulating” or “governing” climate. That a barely detectable trace gas in the atmosphere has any influence is beyond ludicrous.
CO2 is not a pollutant, it is a nutrient!!!
Hopefully this “major concern” doesn’t start them off on another run on toilet paper. If they’re full of despair over the penguins, all they have to do to make the “despair” go away is turn off the boob tube. It’s as simple as that.
Pennsylvania bill would allow school nurses to give students medical marijuana
Wonder how the former pastor feels about that...
These people are mentally deranged.
“And God saw that it was good...”
Substitute “weather” for “climate change” and these people start looking pretty silly.
Barf alert.
Exodus 20:3
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
I think GOD was pretty clear on who to worship. These other Christian pretenders are worshiping false gods and the leaders of those churches will suffer dire consequences for leading their congregation astray.
What’s available for those of us feeling overwhelmed by dire climate propaganda?
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