This just in from the Vatican...

[JesusFreak offline]

http://green.yahoo.com/news/nm/20080310 ... ns_dc.html

[Tangent128 offline]

This just in from the states: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/10/baptist.climate/

So, major religious leaders are starting to realize that it's a good idea to preserve God's creation.

'bout time.

[JesusFreak offline]

Shyeah!

It's kind of sad someone needs the Pope's permission to wake up about the environment.
I still think we should drill for oil in Alaska.

[knifey offline]

Shouldn't this go in the Current Events thread?

[Carth]

Moving, and changing the Current Events title to reflect the new event.

It's a start, I guess. Might make confessions a little tedious, though.

EDIT: Nevermind, I don't seem to have the power to merge topics. Maybe an admin can...

[DeadViolet offline]

Well, isn't it a venial sin to pollute and kill animals for fun?

[JesusFreak offline]

No idea what venial means, but hunting isn't a sin.


Still, I think it's stupid to have this one HUMAN pretend he's God's number two. History has shown that power corrupts, and, while not as powerful as it used to be, the Papacy is very powerful.

[Overcaffeinated Sloth offline]

This is whole idea is kind of pointless, considering religeons themsleves are rather outdated. And science doesn't fall under Roman Catholicism anyways. Wasn't it a pope who said "The bible tells us how to get to heaven, not how the heavens go?" I find it a tad ironic that after hundreds of years supporting sciences, then banishing them, then

Besides, I thought there were ten commandments, written by God and delivered to Moses on two slabs or something... Was there some big thunderstorm in the middle of Europe that we didn't hear about? Hah, I'll bet that was global warming...

But I can see about genetic manipulations... They're in place for a reason. If someone has a birth defect, perhaps they should not be breeding?

Noth that being born with birth defects means you should die or anything... But how can you "go green" the natural way, then embrace synthetic genes?

And... Drug trafficing and social/economical injustinces are government, not religeon... And yes they are moral problems, but morals are all about your upbringing and individual experiences... not what someone says in Italy.

And as a note, Gaah, yeah Carth, we can only cut topics, not merge them... Actually, can you even do that at all?

[Tangent128 offline]

I think PHPBB3 has merge. Don't know if 2 does, but it seems basic enough.

The "heavens" quote is attributed to Galileo.

Jesus summed the whole law thing up in two laws:
1. Love the Lord your God.
2. Love your neighbor as yourself.

Caring for the environment (as opposed to worshipping it) honors it's Creator, and is also considerate for the other people who have to use it.

[JesusFreak offline]

Yay, a chance to be argumantative!

This is whole idea is kind of pointless, considering religeons themsleves are rather outdated. And science doesn't fall under Roman Catholicism anyways. Wasn't it a pope who said "The bible tells us how to get to heaven, not how the heavens go?" I find it a tad ironic that after hundreds of years supporting sciences, then banishing them, then

As tangent said, it was Galileo. Still, the pope makes ethical boundaries for the catholics. fear the hat.

Besides, I thought there were ten commandments, written by God and delivered to Moses on two slabs or something... Was there some big thunderstorm in the middle of Europe that we didn't hear about? Hah, I'll bet that was global warming...

Yes, but you can extrapolate an awful lot from those commandments when it comes to science. Once again, the Pope is amking moral boundaries.

But I can see about genetic manipulations... They're in place for a reason. If someone has a birth defect, perhaps they should not be breeding?

...coughEUGENICScough

Noth that being born with birth defects means you should die or anything... But how can you "go green" the natural way, then embrace synthetic genes?

Good point.

And... Drug trafficing and social/economical injustinces are government, not religeon... And yes they are moral problems, but morals are all about your upbringing and individual experiences... not what someone says in Italy.

Once again, the Pope (what's his name anyway?) is in a position to do good, so he's setting moral boundaries.


I'll give anyone an imaginary nickel if they guess the Word of the Day!

And as a note, Gaah, yeah Carth, we can only cut topics, not merge them... Actually, can you even do that at all?[/quote]

[. offline]

So only now does someone in the church think it's a good idea to uh... I don't know, realize that we're screwing up the natural order? *shakes head*

[Tangent128 offline]

Only now do the big leaders admit it. I'd think most evangelical youth have some sort of environmental inclinations.

[DeadViolet offline]

No idea what venial means, but hunting isn't a sin.


Still, I think it's stupid to have this one HUMAN pretend he's God's number two. History has shown that power corrupts, and, while not as powerful as it used to be, the Papacy is very powerful.

But Catholics are christians, too...............

[JesusFreak offline]

Yes, that's true. It's just that it's wrong to take what somebody says over what God says.