Where would Jesus drill?
Religious leaders who consider environmental protection a godly mission are making the Gulf of Mexico oil spill a rallying cry, hoping it inspires people of faith to support cleaner energy while changing their personal lives to consume less and contemplate more.
“This is one of those rare moments when you can really focus people’s attention on what’s happening to God’s creation,” said Walt Grazer, head of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment.
Will it be O.K. for socially conscious churches to support oil spill remediation efforts if bulldozers and heavy equipment manufactured by Caterpillar are used in the clean-up efforts? What about if Israeli resources and technology are used to help in the clean-up? Inquiring minds want to know.
Will we see latter-day Tetzels running around, demanding cash as a form of indulgences for sins against the creation?
Graydon – already happening…
Sin = carbon footprint
Indulgences = carbon
Tetzel = cap-and-trade system (or government regulators – take your pick)
State of Grace = carbon-neutral
Oops – meant to say “Indulgences = carbon credits”…
“Be ye sure your carbon footprint will find you out”
Well now, members of the “green religion movement” found driving motor vehicles or heating their homes with carbon-fuel-derived energy sources risk being charged with the sin of not being “green.”
I mean using anything associated with carbon based fuels must at least be an act of heresy, if not apostasy.
Are beanie weenies for dinner a venial or mortal sin? It might depend on what kinds of beans and how your digestion reacts!
This starts to sound like works-righteousness – or at least the rabbinic debates about whether a veggie burger with soy cheese is kosher or traife!
I am extremely unhappy with this “green religion” making inroads within the Evangelical community. Good stewardship, fine. I’m a hunter and enjoy the outdoors. I have children that I don’t want poisoned by things like “Love Canal”. All good! But gaia worship and more taxes for carbon don’t belong in the Church. The AGW hucksters don’t belong anywhere.
Veggie bugers with soy cheese…mmmm….
America breeds fanatics and True Believers like this because it has nothing else to believe in save what is trendy. What a desperate culture this is, a place where one attaches one’s identity to a fad, thinking that THIS time, this is the REAL THING. L