“I am the Lord thy God. Thou shall not have strange gods before Me.”
Faith leaders ask for Christmas gifts that ‘honour the Earth’
The seventh UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) met in Nairobi on December 8-12, under the theme “Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient environment”.
“We all want the same thing: a better future for ourselves and families. This means stable climate, safe clean and sustainable environment, and pollution free future,” Inger Andersen, executive director of the UN Environment Program said.
UNEA is the top decision-making body on environment issues. While addressing climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste crises, it sets the global environmental agenda and develops international environmental laws.
So, many took long, fossil fueled trips?
During discussions on environmental sustainability, Ashley Kitisya, Laudato Si’ Movement’s Africa Program Manager, said that during Advent faiths were looking at Christmas giving through the lens of the three planetary crises.
“We can choose gifts that honour both people and the Earth,” she said, voicing faith groups’ concerns about overconsumption, waste, and environmentally harmful practices during the Christmas season.
Ms Kitisya specified plastic pollution, food waste and unnecessary energy use spike during the festive season.
In their statement, the faith leaders emphasised their role as custodians of the values, ethics, moral courage and global reach needed to fight environmental degradation.
“Integrity is key to ethical leadership; let us hear the call of Mother Nature and live a life that embodies our teachings and guides others,” their statement, titled “A call to Action-Faith for Resilient Planet”, said.
Can they still be Christian leaders, faithful to God when they are putting him after their cult?
You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
These “faith” leaders have lost the plot, and are using a Holy time for their cult beliefs.
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What?
No more plastic crap made in China from fossil fuels?
Is there a pledge for climate change deniers to only buy Christmas gifts made from petroleum products? If so, who here will sign on ?
Johnny-just who is denying that the climate is changing?
Jilly,
Science deniers deny the evidence that CO2 causes warming.
Can’t deny something that hasn’t been verified, but nice try.
A.S.S.
Is their anything not made of petroleum or in the process?
Carbon is kinda everywhere.
J-Lo,
Petroleum (coal, oil, gas) is composed of chains and rings of largely saturated carbon atoms, e.g., octane H3C-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH3 and benzene C6H6. The breakdown of these molecules to carbon dioxide and water releases large amounts of energy!!
By eating and the controlled burning of carbohydrates, e.g., glucose C6H12O6, animals (and plants, bacteria) organisms generate energy and produce carbon dioxide and water!!
The INCREASE in atmospheric CO2 we see now came from petroleum burning. No knowledgeable person doubts that CO2 causes warming. After all, our atmospheric CO2 and water vapor keep our Earth from being covered in ice!
Does it not make sense that additional atmospheric greenhouse gases could, even would, cause MORE warming?
Is my monitor going bad? That golden calf looks pretty green to me!
The Business of America is Business! Christmas is a winter festival celebrating spending, gluttony, consumption and commonweal – a holiday amid the dark days of depressing Winters!!!
Santa, Frosty, Rudolph, the Grinch, decorated trees, yule logs, mistletoe, Elves, Christmas lights, Christmas cards, carols, wrapping papers, presents, tinsel, stockings, charity…
William believes churches should be removed from the world around them. But isn’t christianity about people?
How does William feel about evangelical christianity becoming an arm of MAGA?
Our admitted atheist from north of Arkansas asked:
I cannot speak for our distinguished host, but I absolutely want to see more and more Christians becoming Republican, because Christianity and conservatism should be coterminous.
Admitted atheist? More like a proud agnostic!
There is no evidence of gods, angels, heaven and hell etc. The religious should be embarrassed unless, of course, they consider their “religion” to be a social club and don’t truly believe in magic.
My fiscal conservative friend claims the absolute lack of evidence to support any religion should make one an atheist. But I hold out the unlikely chance to be wrong – thus agnostic.
Today’s primitives believe that modern humanity has it all wrong and that stone age goatherds knew the ultimate truth!!
Certainly most fundamentalist “christians” vote Republican (and are coterminous) since their white nationalism is central!
Mr William objects to religious orgs/churches weighing in on such matters as supporting the poor or defending the powerless, but supports the gubmint controlling LGBTQs and abortion.
Since fundamentalist “christians” do not follow the teachings of Christ perhaps they should change their name.
How does William feel about evangelical christianity becoming an arm of MAGA?
A more germaine qustion is how does Elwood feel about the entire democratic party becoming the entire body and soul of the post-modern democratic party?
Sorry should read as he entire body and soul of the post-modern COMMUNIST party?
Why does CarolAnn use Old Kye’s photo?
Anyway, what makes “CarolAnn/Kye” feel that Dems are communists?
“Communism is a political and economic ideology aiming for a classless society with common ownership of production, abolishing private property, but in practice, it often leads to single-party authoritarian states controlling all aspects of life, suppressing freedoms, and controlling economies, as seen in the Soviet Union and modern China.”
That sounds more like what your Lard and Savior, Big Donnie, wants.