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posted by mrpg on Monday February 26 2018, @01:23PM   Printer-friendly
from the dinosaurs-are-oil dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @04:21PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @04:21PM (#643995)

    I see your analogy but disagree. John 3:16 deprecates the OT. That is rather the kernel of the NT.

    The OT is a mixture of a lot of things but it is deprecated so to speak. Otherwise he might as well be quoting the jollier parts like Ezekiel 23:19-21

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @05:56PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @05:56PM (#644052)

    Jesus warned us about people like you. Just try to change one letter of the law and you'll find yourself in hell and those of us in heaven will consider you the least.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @07:23PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @07:23PM (#644110)

      Matthew 22:36-40

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by janrinok on Monday February 26 2018, @08:21PM (1 child)

        by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday February 26 2018, @08:21PM (#644152) Journal
        Does this have any more credibility than "Car Mechanics, June 1972, Page 17"?
        • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday February 26 2018, @08:37PM

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday February 26 2018, @08:37PM (#644168) Journal

          Less, because we see cars every day. It's always funny to watch people with different versions of The One Truth sling shit at one another though.

          --
          I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @09:04PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @09:04PM (#644193)

        Derpy 13:37