Saturday, January 16, 2010
Response to Friday's Class and Readings (1/15/09)
The reading about the inner life and how religion has and does effect our environmental ethic really made me think when they mentioned how we are going to some how have to reach each religion on some level in order to encourage them to become more environmentally conscious. This made me think about several things I have come across over the past few days that made me think about this subject. Bethany sent me an email that said that the Pope said that Avatar was bad because it promoted the environment, but the Episcopal church has a statement on environmental ethics. So frustrating! Why can't we get everyone on board? Dave sent me an article on churches in the West on how they are becoming more environmentally conscious to try to encourage better attendance in church. One church has a farmer's market in their parking lot and now has to pay taxes because that exempts them from their tax free status. They are willing to pay that fee to encourage people coming. I think according to the reading we really are going to have to adapt to the surrounding cultures and religions to encourage better stewardship, this means that we will have to somehow find a way to convince some Christians too which I hope maybe my project on creation care will help in this effort!
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Maddie, it's projects like yours that give me hope for Creation Care. Since this country does predominanatly ID itself as Christian, perhaps creation care via the bible's teachings is the best way to fight our environmental problems. Such a big audience! It is sad that not all churches seem to be on the same page, environmentally. But I have hope that those that are eco-conscious, like the one with the farmer's market, will continue to grow, thrive, and inspire others to do the same. I really do think your project could be a great help to that cause. Keep going!!
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