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"Katharine Hayhoe is one person who was particularly puzzled by
evangelical objections to climate change. Hayhoe is both a climate
scientist and an evangelical Christian herself, and, as a Canadian
largely removed from the polarizations of American political culture,
she saw nothing in her evangelical faith more compelling in relationship
to global warming than a strong moral imperative to care for God’s
creation. That all changed when she married an American, and then found
out how differently he saw things."
This is also relevant to the current Australian government:
"[Sen. James] Inhofe himself said to Rachel Maddow, I think three years
ago, “I used to think this all was true until I found out how much it
cost to fix it.” But he’s not out there saying, “I wish this wasn’t
true, but it’s too expensive.” He’s saying, “God wouldn’t let this
happen.” And why is he saying that? Because it’s a lot more politically
acceptable to invoke a faith-based argument, when the real reason, at
the bottom of it, is my ideology will not permit me to allow the
government to put a price on carbon and its subsidies. My ideology will
not permit me to consider the greater good, as opposed to short-term
gain. But you can’t really come out and say those things. Those are not
very attractive, appealing things to say."
Via Kee Hinckley.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
