silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 8 months agoWhat Can ‘Green Islam’ Achieve in the World’s Largest Muslim Country? Clerics in Indonesia are issuing fatwas, retrofitting mosques and imploring congregants to help fight climate changewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down13
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minus-squareDarkThoughts@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoChristianity doesn’t seem too bothered, with many Christians being strong climate change deniers, even though you’d think they’d take more care of what’s basically God’s Creation and the idealistic image of Eden as a garden.
minus-squareTheChurn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoThere are multiple pieces of Christian scripture which call out the duty of the faithful to be good shepherds of God’s creation. They often aren’t emphasized in most modern sects, but they are certainly part of the theology.
minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoIt really is. The bible has quite a few passages calling for environmental protection. That means that most Christian churches call for environmental protection.
minus-squareDaqu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIf god gave 7s coal and animals, it is our duty to BBQ.
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoOr they see climate change as a sign of the end times and don’t give a shit. They’re going to heaven, after all.
Christianity doesn’t seem too bothered, with many Christians being strong climate change deniers, even though you’d think they’d take more care of what’s basically God’s Creation and the idealistic image of Eden as a garden.
There are multiple pieces of Christian scripture which call out the duty of the faithful to be good shepherds of God’s creation.
They often aren’t emphasized in most modern sects, but they are certainly part of the theology.
It really is. The bible has quite a few passages calling for environmental protection. That means that most Christian churches call for environmental protection.
If god gave 7s coal and animals, it is our duty to BBQ.
Or they see climate change as a sign of the end times and don’t give a shit. They’re going to heaven, after all.