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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 frojack on Monday February 26 2018, @05:28PM (2 children)
First you say
Then you ask for someone to provide you with justification for your prejudice.
FCS, a little internal consistency please!!!
If quoting the bible is pointless, then DON'T use it yourself.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @09:05PM
Quoting the bible is pointless; quoting it back at someone quoting the bible is a good way to point out the first quote was pointless.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 27 2018, @01:41AM
you're kidding right?
you're just looking for an argument right?
he's stating the obvious that lies and statistics can be taken out of context to prove anything, even what they intended to prove and much of what they didn't.
and then asking the other person to provide their biased justification so he could prove to us all this universal truth. you called it prejudice when he said that.
he was entirely consistent and you werent supposed to take that bait