Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Weird: Religious Leaders Called by Scientists to Motivate the Masses to be more Green

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/sep/07/global-warming-religion

Charles Darwin pointed out that cooperation is evident in smaller, social groups of species but not so apparent or solid in the plethora of human cultures distributed across the globe. Religion does establish commonality and solidarity and perhaps such institutions could be put to good use in the task of motivating people to be more ecologically conscious. What will it take for people to understand the repercussions of wanton waste and carbon output? Tell the Christians that a lost scripture of the Bible warns of an apocalyptic event instigated by wasteful water and energy consumption...

1 comment:

  1. It's about time that Christians actually do something useful for everybody...

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