Bill McKibben Reading

Wow the reading for tomorrow was really good!! It really made me think about my life as a Christian and how it is so true that people do these things! I have noticed that a lot of Churches I have attended in my time do talk a lot about politics. There are definitely churches that give to the poor, and help out with the community, but it seems that there is an overwhelming discussion of just gay marriage and abortion. I also have noticed that the Christian community seems to be somewhat exclusive as he cited. They love each other, but not others. Or, they feel for the poor but do nothing. I feel embarrassed and bad for in a way putting down my fellow Christians, but I am one of those people who had my clique of friends in High School and ignored making friends with people of other religions. I did not think that other religions were bad, I just lived in a community that was predominantly Christian. I worked on mission trips, and helped out with the food drives, and things like that, but it was not until college that I realized the true reality of the world. I kind of lived in my perfect little bubble not realizing how bad the state of the world really was. I think a way to combat this is education. As McKibben cited at the beginning of his article, many people cannot tell you what all the Ten Commandments are or the four writers of the Gospels. We are going to need to educate people of the true meaning and teachings of the Bible and work together as a community. I think that Environmental Education could help with this. Educating people on the state of the environment will help them to better learn what we need to be doing as Christians. I believe that we as the biggest nation in the world can do better, and actually make it happen!