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Related: About this forumHow Religion Intersects With Americans' Views on the Environment
Responsibility for the Earth is part of many U.S. Christians beliefs, but so is skepticism about climate changeMost U.S. adults including a solid majority of Christians and large numbers of people who identify with other religious traditions consider the Earth sacred and believe God gave humans a duty to care for it, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
But the survey also finds that highly religious Americans (those who say they pray each day, regularly attend religious services and consider religion very important in their lives) are far less likely than other U.S. adults to express concern about warming temperatures around the globe.
The survey reveals several reasons why religious Americans tend to be less concerned about climate change. First and foremost is politics: The main driver of U.S. public opinion about the climate is political party, not religion. Highly religious Americans are more inclined than others to identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, and Republicans tend to be much less likely than Democrats to believe that human activity (such as burning fossil fuels) is warming the Earth or to consider climate change a serious problem.
Religious Americans who express little or no concern about climate change also give a variety of other explanations for their views, including that there are much bigger problems in the world today, that God is in control of the climate, and that they do not believe the climate actually is changing. In addition, many religious Americans voice concerns about the potential consequences of environmental regulations, such as a loss of individual freedoms, fewer jobs or higher energy prices.
Finally, climate change does not seem to be a topic discussed much in religious congregations, either from the pulpit or in the pews. And few Americans view efforts to conserve energy and limit carbon emissions as moral issues.
Much more: https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/11/17/how-religion-intersects-with-americans-views-on-the-environment/
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How Religion Intersects With Americans' Views on the Environment (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Nov 2022
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Skittles
(153,122 posts)1. fucking repukes
they politicized climate change, abortion, a freaking VIRUS - repukes are THE BIGGEST DANGER TO AMERICA right now
Rhiannon12866
(204,832 posts)2. That sure jumped out at me, too...
Lovie777
(12,218 posts)3. And yet .................
evangelists continue to destroy mother earth for profit, oh the irony.
Rhiannon12866
(204,832 posts)4. Exactly.
They are among the worst - in their case, politics trumps religion.