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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: 4, Insightful) by Freeman on Monday February 26 2018, @04:43PM (4 children)

    by Freeman (732) on Monday February 26 2018, @04:43PM (#644008) Journal

    God left Adam and Eve to tend to the Garden and the Animals. He didn't intend for us to kill the planet and it's animals. Twisting what the Bible says is a time honored tradition among those who want the Bible to say what they want it to say. Politicians definitely aren't an exception.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday February 26 2018, @07:09PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday February 26 2018, @07:09PM (#644099) Journal

    Surely it can't be twisting the bible to simply change the position of a comma? /s

    Let him who stole steal no more, let him labor with his hands . . .

    Let him who stole steal, no more let him labor with his hands . . .

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  • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @08:21PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @08:21PM (#644153)

    He didn't intend for us to kill the planet and it's animals.

    And you know this because......? You interpreted a 2000 year old book of toilet paper based on your own personal context? You heard it in your head when you got high? Your mommy told you?

    You state that as if you think there were really a magic sky fairy. Please stay away from children.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday February 26 2018, @08:44PM (1 child)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday February 26 2018, @08:44PM (#644172) Journal

      Actually the story of Adam and Eve is way older than 2,000 years. And has its antecedents in Sumerian and, later, Babylonian literature.

      I can't help but notice that no one commenting on this thread seems to know the sources of these stories, or that many of them were lifted in part or wholesale from earlier, decidedly non-Abrahamic cultures. Or, for that matter, stops to think about what a complete sociopath Yahweh would be if he existed.

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      • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @12:25AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @12:25AM (#644326)

        Shhh, *some* users are trying to justify their entire world view.