Posted on 06/29/2022 5:55:39 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Bishop of Oxford has added a sixth question to the Church of England’s baptismal rite, calling upon the newly baptized to “strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the Earth”.
In his 11 June 2022 address to the diocesan synod, the Rt. Rev. Steven Croft, spoke at length of what he saw as a “climate crisis” facing the world. Bishop Croft noted:
“We see the consequences of environmental catastrophe everywhere. Climate change is a lived reality now the whole world over,” noting the South African diocese of Kimberly and Kuruman had been plagued by droughts and failed harvests, while “Our own country is seeing rising numbers of extreme weather events year by year: storms and floods and fires which devastate communities and will steadily grow worse. More and more of our national wealth will need to be invested in the mitigation of these effects and in adaptation in order to continue anything like our present way of life.”
Bishop Croft believed “We have only a limited time to take action. The world is not at present on course for net zero admissions by 2050 and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. That target is slipping away from us. It seems more likely that global warming will hit 2 degrees or higher by the second half of this century, and the effects will be devastating for life on earth …”
The “climate crisis demands a response as well from every household and every person,” he explained, noting that “more than 60% of the change required to get to net zero involves personal behavioural change by individuals and communities: change focussed in the three areas of transport, home heating and diet.”
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Stay in your lane, Bishop. The science isn’t settled enough for religious authorities to weigh in.
I find his lack of faith, disturbing.
Worshipping the creature rather than the Creator.
I believe about 5% of Anglicans are in church on the average Sunday. The bishop might want to focus more on that.
Not the Babylon Bee.
Literally. Demonic.
Hey Bish... 2 Peter 3:12 addresses global warming
Bishop you bishop.
I expected to say: WHAT?!?!? WHAT?!?!?
But instead I find myself saying: how stupid.
You bugger!
The church can’t save you. Head for the exit while your faith is intact.
I don’t think these people have ever read a bible. Earth worship is a sin. God controls the weather.
Oh, FFS. I look for the Pope to follow suit, if my pro-gay ultra-woke idiot bishop doesn’t beat him to it.
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