In a recent interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, Scott Pruitt, EPA Chief, said that the Bible tells people to use all the resources available to us, including fossil fuels:
"The biblical world view with respect to these issues is that we have a responsibility to manage and cultivate, harvest the natural resources that we've been blessed with to truly bless our fellow mankind".
According to Vox: "But as far as his biblical assertion goes, Pruitt's words reflect a wider trend among American evangelicals, who largely have not embraced scientific thought on environmentalism or global warming."
The Trump administration has used a variety of excuses to legitimize its record-setting rollbacks on environmental protections: calling global warming a hoax, or arguing that the economic consequences of increased regulation would outweigh their benefit.
The latest justification? The Bible.
In an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, a media outlet that also seems to double as a propaganda arm of the Trump administration, Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt said his Christian convictions led him to conclude that America should use gas and coal freely because natural resources exist purely for man's benefit.
[...] That's why evangelical groups have, therefore, been historically resistant to environmentalist causes. Creationist lobbying groups frequently fund initiatives like the Louisiana Science Education Act, which mandates a "balanced" (and climate change-denying) approach to teaching environmental issues in public schools.
Please read the linked article as it explains the connection between contempt for science and protecting the environment and the beliefs of evangelicals.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Monday February 26 2018, @04:03PM (5 children)
FTFY
(Score: 3, Touché) by turgid on Monday February 26 2018, @04:20PM
Iron knee.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 0, Troll) by VLM on Monday February 26 2018, @04:51PM (2 children)
Dude, your side completely and totally owns the entire legacy media and academia and half the government. If you've mumbled your lines, its not our fault.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by RS3 on Monday February 26 2018, @05:01PM
"My side"? I don't understand- are you just making a general statement about some side that you haven't clearly defined but assume is obvious? Or are you attacking me, being so sure you know who I am, what I believe, stand for, vote for, etc? Please clarify. I don't like riddles and guessing-games. And this stuff is too important, and much of what's wrong with the world is people fighting over misunderstood tiny details, when in fact most people want the same things.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by number11 on Monday February 26 2018, @06:31PM
It's true that the corporate oligarchy "completely and totally owns the entire legacy media and academia and half the government." Though if I were to quibble, it would be that they only own most of academia, and do own most of the government.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Thexalon on Monday February 26 2018, @06:03PM
To summarize: All generalizations are false.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.