The Christian Right is at it again.
sduford on Mar 07 2007 at 7:45 am | Filed under: Politics, Rant
Leaders of the Christian Right, in an obvious bow to the political right and their oil buddies, have written a letter that attempts to silence Richard Cizik, the policy director of the National Association of Evangelicals. Cizik has been very vocal in encouraging evangelicals to get more actively involved in the fight against global warming, and that is upsetting the more hypocritical factions of the Christian Right. What is their excuse for trying to silence Cizik?
“We have observed,†the letter says, “that Cizik and others are using the global warming controversy to shift the emphasis away from the great moral issues of our time.â€
And yes, you’ve guessed it; those “great moral issues of our time†are abortion and homosexuality. These folks continue to be so obsessed with sex that they are checking their intelligence and humanity at the door. To hell with the Inuits who are losing their lifestyle in the north, and to hell with the millions of people whose lives are at risk because of increased flooding (Bangladesh), droughts and disease (much of Africa), or lack of drinking water (much of Asia).
“We’re saying what is being done here, is a concerted effort to shift the focus of evangelical Christians to these issues that draw warm and fuzzies from liberal crusaders.â€
I’m sorry but global warming is an environmental and Human Rights issue, not an ideological issue. But in time it will become a huge geo-political and economic issue if we do nothing. This behavior by the Christian Right is irresponsible and deeply immoral. I guess Jesus’ message of love only applies to white American Christians; everybody else is just ground meat.
It’s intriguing that so many who claim to believe in evolution have their faith shaken by climate change, and even more amazing that these so-called “intelligent” people cannot recognize that such changes would be an integral part of that ongoing, evolutionary process.
The nature/earth worship spiritualists behind most of the “green” movements do not want “global warming” controlled or stopped, nearly as much as they want nature undisturbed by man’s influence in any way. Of course, this of necessity, equals man disconnected from that which was intended to support him, and therefore, the end of man.
This approach is worse than ignorant, it’s willfully ignorant.