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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: 2) by SomeGuy on Monday February 26 2018, @08:09PM (1 child)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Monday February 26 2018, @08:09PM (#644138)

    A better one is The Iliad and The Odyssey

    That is nice, but an average person won't likely relate to those. My point was more about the raving fandom, the willingness to believe, and sticking it in peoples faces. The technical make up is not really relevant. I might have also used examples such as Star Wars, or My Little Pony:Friendship Is Magic.

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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Monday February 26 2018, @11:15PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Monday February 26 2018, @11:15PM (#644295)

    One of the more interesting cases: The Church of All Worlds, founded by people inspired by Stranger in a Strange Land, as an actual real-life organization. They don't speak Martian, of course, but they did go through that book with a fine-toothed comb to find philosophical ideas.

    Of course, a less interesting real-life case of a religion being founded on the backs of science fiction in modern times is Scientology.

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