JorieJC2
01-08-2005, 11:25 PM
OK, so, this post is not particularly related to Lost, but I will try to say Lost as much as possible so that the presence of this question makes sense in context.
In following your career over the last few years I have seen that you are very interested in the preservation of the environment. I read an amazing speech by Bill Moyers today that was about an increasing obstacle in the way of bettering the protection of the world's resources. Apparently there are a lot of fundamentalist Christians out there who believe that the disintegration of the environment is merely another sign that the coming of Christ is approaching. If the last tree is cut down, all the better. They also believe, because the Bible indicates as much, that we can never run out of natural resources or space on the planet because God will always provide for His children.
Although I am not deeply religious myself, I have always tried to be as open-minded as possible regarding just about everything people can come up with...I care about the environment as well. But I am bothered by the fact that I have no idea how an environmentalist and a fundamentalist christian could come together on this issue. I certainly don't want to alienate any fundamentalist Christians, but at the same time I'd really really like it if children in the future could still have rain forestst to look at rather than just seeing them in books. How can we deal with this type of difference, in your opinion?
That's long-winded but it was an amazing and amazingly sad speech. Thank you.
In following your career over the last few years I have seen that you are very interested in the preservation of the environment. I read an amazing speech by Bill Moyers today that was about an increasing obstacle in the way of bettering the protection of the world's resources. Apparently there are a lot of fundamentalist Christians out there who believe that the disintegration of the environment is merely another sign that the coming of Christ is approaching. If the last tree is cut down, all the better. They also believe, because the Bible indicates as much, that we can never run out of natural resources or space on the planet because God will always provide for His children.
Although I am not deeply religious myself, I have always tried to be as open-minded as possible regarding just about everything people can come up with...I care about the environment as well. But I am bothered by the fact that I have no idea how an environmentalist and a fundamentalist christian could come together on this issue. I certainly don't want to alienate any fundamentalist Christians, but at the same time I'd really really like it if children in the future could still have rain forestst to look at rather than just seeing them in books. How can we deal with this type of difference, in your opinion?
That's long-winded but it was an amazing and amazingly sad speech. Thank you.