Usually, people tend to assume that going green and religion just doesn’t mix. In today's ever changing world, somebody is bound to take a position. The Southern Baptist Convention released a statement geared toward supporting the environmentalist movement. Pope Benedict XVI is right in line with this group’s decision. While religious groups seem to be in a constant battle against science, the big problem they seem to have with environmentalism seems to be the "worship" that people give to the environment. This doesn't have to be the case. Many religious people can agree that science can help to prove religious beliefs and vice versa. Pope Benedict "regularly points to God’s mandate to man to be a careful custodian of his creation, as a gardener in Eden (Genesis 2:15)." Since the Southern Baptist Convention, which is a huge denomination in the United States, is on board with going green, and the Pope is too, maybe other religions will catch on and see that going green is not so bad. One can only hope.
Green Tip Numero Sei: I think at some point, everyone has heard someone say something along the lines of “turn off the water while you’re brushing your teeth.” Well, that’s a simple way to conserve water (and a personal pet peeve of mine). This is pretty gross and I don’t think it bothers boys as much as girls, but when my brother was in college they told his suite to live by the guidelines, “if it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown flush it down.” Gross as it may be, this conserves a lot of water. Every time you flush a toilet, water is wasted. So if you can’t bring yourself to not flush the toilet after you use it, try extra hard to incorporate other green living tips into your daily lifestyle.
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Hopefully people will come to realize that going green is not a bad thing and does not go against their religion. And it is so weird that some religious groups feel like environmentalists are "worshipping" the environment. I just think that the environmentalist are just doing their job to help save the environment from whatever may lead to the fall of it and that some religious groups are just too ignorant to realize that the environmentalists who "worship" the environment are also helping save it the land that God created.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I guess it takes a lot to change how someone views a subject. Once other religious groups hop on the bandwagon though, I think going green will really take off within the religious community.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I don't really see how going green relates to religion. From your post I gathered that religious groups (groups being the key word) were interested in going green. For actual religion to be involved I would have expected something like sermons about going green. Any group can get involved with going green, but that doesn't necessarily mean what their group is about relates to going green. All that means is that the group supports green technology and thinks its a good thing. As a somewhat extreme example, AA doesn't relate to going green, but they could still have groups that try to go green and help the environment. However, being alcoholic free has nothing to do with being green.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that I didn't make my point clear enough. I clarified myself on the 10/31 post.
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