The 'christian' Right is scared about Creation Care

"Last month, James Dobson, the grandfatherly radio voice of middle-American Christian conservatism, told listeners of his Focus on the Family radio show that the National Association of Evangelicals' campaign to reduce greenhouse gasses evinced "an underlying hatred for America." How dare the group imply that global warming was a more important issue than gay marriage? His fellow conservative activist Rev. Richard Cizik, a political liaison for the National Association of Evangelicals—and a self-proclaimed Reagan Republican influential in anti-abortion and anti-gay circles—was not about to turn the other cheek. Cizik fired off a nasty letter calling Dobson's accusations "outlandish." On The 700 Club, Pat Robertson joined in, denouncing the evangelical version of environmentalism—"creation care"—and demanding to know why God-fearing conservatives like Cizik were teaming up with "far-left environmentalists." "

We may not agree with some of these people on anything else, but I think that we need to support Pro-Environment Christians, regardless of their political ideology.

http://www.slate.com/id/2144522

I'm not looking for an argument :) Just sort of looking closer at your reaction to the phrase.

Just curious if it's the word 'care'?

the word 'creation' is a bit over-used: "Creationism". Has a dorky connotation for me personally. But then again, I'm a political junky and see the word misused by the religious rightos all too often.

I'm being knee jerk... :P

As far as Biblical imperatives go.

There's a strong undercurrent of "the earth does not belong to you, you're taking care of it for God" running through the Bible. This helped priests of olden days more easily separate the rubes from their crops and good cattle. If this can be used to maybe turn a few Xian heads around and start looking at what we're doing to the planet, then it's the equivalent of beating swords into plowshares.

to teach the students that God calls His people to good stewardship of the earth.

He was Reagan's first Secretary of the Interior and suffered from very severe chronic foot-in-mouth disease. This person -- charged with overseeing America's vast natural resources -- went on record while on a Christian radio station that he had no problem selling forests, mineral rights, water rights, etc. to the highest bidder, as Jesus was returning real soon and we wouldn't be needing it for much longer. :puke:

I mean, if you really do believe that God created all the cosmos, but singled out Earth as his one, most prized creation, it DOES make sense that you'd want to show that creation love and respect, doesn't it? The alternative is absurd. It'd be like saying that Leonardo DiVinci was a great painter right before spitting on the Mona Lisa. Let people figure out their religion, or their lack of it, on their own time. Right now they're cooking the planet on OUR TIME. So if we need a phrase like "Creation Care" to marshal true believers behind the idea of saving the environment, so be it.

but they are still my deadly enemy on most social issues and I will fight them with everything I've got.