religious movement - What He Said: The Words of Jesus Christ https://whathesaid.com Making the words of Jesus Christ easy to read and explore Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:00:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Faith and the Climate https://whathesaid.com/2009/11/03/faith-and-the-climate/ https://whathesaid.com/2009/11/03/faith-and-the-climate/#respond Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:00:43 +0000 https://whathesaid.com/?p=161 I saw an interesting story today about leaders from nine major world faiths (Baha’ism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism, Sikhism and Taoism) getting together in at Windsor Castle to talk about mobilizing their followers to combat climate change. I especially like Bill McKibben’s quotes at the bottom of the story: “If Earth is in […]

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]]> I saw an interesting story today about leaders from nine major world faiths (Baha’ism, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism, Sikhism and Taoism) getting together in at Windsor Castle to talk about mobilizing their followers to combat climate change. I especially like Bill McKibben’s quotes at the bottom of the story:

“If Earth is in some way a museum of divine intent, it’s pretty horrible to be defacing all that creation.”

“And if, in Christianity and other faiths, we are called upon above all else to love God and love our neighbours, drowning your neighbour in Bangladesh is a pretty bad way to go about it.”

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