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Religion is a confusing thing to say the least. How can such a wide range of thoughts on one issue come from one book? I’m sure that the Bible is up to personal interpretation, but it’s perplexing to me that two people can have polar opposite opinions and claim to believe in the some religion and read from the same book. Is nature God’s gift to humans for the sole purpose of our benefit, or is it a gift that we were meant to both give and take from? Are we the masters or are we the caretakers? I find it inherent that environmentalism should be connected with religion as far as a religious person’s view is concerned and yet there is division. As far as I can see, there is nothing horribly wrong with being concerned with the well-being of our planet regardless of whether you are religious or not, and yet there are the religious conservatives who refuse to admit or take action against blatant environmental problems. Are we to just throw away this gift that we have been given? Perhaps we should use it to advance ourselves, but shouldn’t we then also give back so that we can advance ourselves further?
I am not at all surprised that some of the most important environmental groups are religious, and in fact I’m surprised that they haven’t always been the dominate group in fighting for the environment.
One thing that history has seemed to prove is that as time pasts, the public becomes more and more open-minded. Things like equality in race, gender, religion, have come to pass and I can only assume that it is a matter of time until the even the most conservative of Christians realizes that we have to be caretakers or this world. Maybe they’ll even see that two men being married isn’t so bad either.
I’m tired and this post is real bad.
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