As members of many and different faiths and none, do we feel that our religious and/or philosophical guidelines help us in our understanding of environmental issues and how pressing a concern should this be?
2007-09-04 09:58:15 · 6 answers · asked by Rabbi Yohanneh 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My beliefs and faith are certainly tied up in my feelings about what is happening to the planet. I believe that responsibility is elemental in spiritual growth and that includes being responsible for our home so it will be available for our future generations and incarnations. I have heard some religious people say things like, "why worry about what won't last when there is eternity to think about?", meaning the world is going to end so why bother. That attitude to me is fiercely irresponsible.
2007-09-04 10:18:08 · answer #1 · answered by NONAME 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a Christian, I definetly agree. "For God so loved the world... (world being cosmos, literally, not just people).
However, there are a number of fundamentalist theologies that do not view the earth as worth preserving. If Jesus is coming back soon, and the world has gone to pot, there is no reason cut pollution and cut down on waste. This is lamentable.
Edit: See above post.
2007-09-04 10:04:49 · answer #2 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell no!
I will not submit to a political drive to steal the minds of the public. This is nothing compared to what God will do to the Earth. It's not even getting started yet.
I hate the attempt to tax over fear. So I tell people to shove their environmental issues. This Earth will perish, there's nothing they can do to save it.
2007-09-04 10:04:38 · answer #3 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm an atheist, so environmental issues such as this are secondhand because they are well accepted in the scientific community, like a lot of my other views.
2007-09-04 10:01:34 · answer #4 · answered by :) 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its not really that pressing for Christians - it just means the end of the world is near... whoopi!!!
2007-09-04 10:02:37 · answer #5 · answered by vérité 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carbon dating hasn't been proven, therefore global warming is completely untrue.
2007-09-04 10:07:29 · answer #6 · answered by Ian G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋