"Creation Care"??? ABC-Green and Godly grow in ranks

[underpants]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/Politics/story?id=690994&page=1

Among the Religious Right, Some Finding a Voice in Speaking Up For the Environment

"We prefer the term 'creation care,'" said Rich Cizik, vice president of governmental affairs for the 30 million-member National Association of Evangelicals. "It's not because environmentalist is a bad word, it's simply that there are those on the political right who will attempt to smear and discredit us if we accept the mantle. Plus we, as evangelical Christians, need to develop our own voice on this subject."

Rather than anti-war causes, Cizik and his group consider abortion among their other main concerns. In fact, while Nelson sought to steer anti-war sentiment toward environmental concerns, Cizik sees a clear link between opposing abortion and cleaning up the planet.

"It is inconceivable to me that you can accept the mantle of pro-life and then say I'm not going to do anything about mercury poisoning that contributes to hundreds of newborns being born every year with high levels of toxicity in their blood," he said.

"We affirm that God-given dominion is a sacred responsibility to steward the Earth and not a license to abuse the creation of which we are a part," the group's statement reads.



Last fall, the evangelical magazine Christianity Today urged its readers to support steps toward protecting the planet. Meanwhile, Jim Ball, of the Evangelical Environmental Network, who became well-known in 2002 for his "What Would Jesus Drive?" campaign against SUVs, has joined forces with the Natural Resources Defense Council in a campaign to improve energy conservation.

[RC]

1. And just what is so wrong with this bunch that saving lives by

being anti-war is a big no-no? Their only Pro-life stance ends when the fetus is born.

[riverwalker]

2. "Rather than anti-war causes"

these freakin' morons and their pro-war death cult drive me nuts. The only "life" they are "pro" are their own sorry behinds. In the series "500 Nations" that chronicles the path of death and blood as we "settled" this country, there is an incident where after a massacre of indigenous women and children a soldier asks "Sir, was this consistent with the benevolent teachings of the Gospel"? American Christianity has a bizarre history.
"Creation Care"?
Instead of America sending missionaries to all parts of the world, I think we need to send out an S.O.S. to the world to send us all their spiritual teachers. Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and holy men of all native peoples all over the planet, to come and teach us how to live, because we don't seem to have a clue.

[hatrack]

3. Well Rich, if you're afraid of being smeared and discredited, then STFU

Or at the very least, stop your pretensions that you're committed to the environment.

Is it that you're worried that James Dobson & the faculty at Bob Jones will criticize you for speaking out on environmental issues? Is it that you're afraid they'll think you're bad people?

We need your help like the White Rose needed a focus-group tester. Either grow a pair, or take a hike.

[RockaFowler]

4. This is Incredible

I saw this last night on WNT. They kill me. They can be all for the environment, but they vote for people who are so against the environment. Am I missing something?? Why not vote your interests you morons??

[underpants]

5. Wasn't there an anti-immigration group that tried to take over Sierra club

more than a year ago I think I read on Buzzflash or here on DU that some anti-immigration types were mass joining the Sierra Club and use that name recognition value to further their anti-immigration campaigns.

Oh and Welcome to DU :hi: if'n I haven't before.

Rival factions vie for Sierra Club control
New members, which support animal-rights and anti-immigraion policies, attempt to take control of the environmental organization
http://espn.go.com/outdoors/conservation/s/c_news_fea_Sierra_Club_takeover.html

Associated Press — Feb. 19, 2004


SAN FRANCISCO — A fierce battle is brewing over the future of the Sierra Club, and an unlikely issue is at the center of the debate: immigration.


A growing faction in the nation's most influential environmental group has urged a stronger stance against immigration, calling the growing U.S. population and its consumption of natural resources the biggest threat to the environment.



Past and present Sierra Club leaders say the anti-immigrant faction has teamed up with animal-rights activists in an attempt to hijack the 112-year-old organization and its $100 million annual budget.



http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/2/18/101437.shtml
Club leaders say the anti-immigration debate has drawn in outsiders who want to promote their agenda. Southern Poverty Law Center has reported that extremist racist and anti-immigration groups are encouraging their members to pay $25 to join the Sierra Club and vote in the election.