Christianity and Environmentalism

This article poses, and attempts to answer the question: “Why Is It Difficult to Get Christians to Care About the Earth?” The answer lies in recognizing that the question itself is loaded and extremely unfair.  A great number of Christians identify as such because they follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and try to emulate His character as best they can, thus embracing a life of love, acceptance, grace, inclusivity, forgiveness, peace and generosity.

Sadly, there are two other groups of people who also identify as Christians:

• Those whose character and belief systems are almost diametrically opposed to those of Christ, whose religious beliefs have been twisted by 1700 years of corruption and warped thinking. These people tend to be war-mongers, extremely hostile to refugees, the poor, the sick, as well as all those of different races and religions.

• Otherwise good people who take the Book of Revelation literally and eagerly welcome the Apocalypse.  (I’m sure these people are rare, but I happen to know one personally.)

True Christians care a great deal about the Earth, because they apply logic and reason on top of their religious beliefs.  They ask, for example, “What would Jesus do?”  In some settings this may be debatable, but not here.  Put it this way: it’s perfectly clear what He wouldn’t do: generate profit from causing disease and countless other forms of misery for the world’s people.