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Originally Posted by elchivito
In the religious view, especially jewish, christian and muslim, humans are a special creation, we are "other" than the rest of nature. The rest of nature was put here by god for our benefit. What a happy way of seeing things. Since we're outside and not a part of nature, we can exploit it all we want and yet don't have to take responsibility for anything that happens to it.
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That last part sounds like something Rush Limbaugh would say, but I don't think you'll hear it from any honest Christians.
For years, I believed reports that James Watt, Secretary of the Interior under Reagan, said that we don't have to protect the environment because Jesus will return and we will be leave this Earth behind. When I heard that he supposedly said that, I thought it was the most perverse thing I ever heard. If Jesus is coming back, don't we want the place to be in good shape for him? As it turns out, Watt never said any such thing. Here's his actual quote:
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...On Feb. 5, 1981, Watt told a congressional oversight committee he believed his job was "to be steward for the natural resources for this generation as well as future generations. I do not know how many future generations we can count on before the Lord returns, whatever it is we have to manage with a skill to have the resources needed for future generations."...
http://motherjones.com/politics/2003/09/ungreening-america-dirty-secrets
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He was still a terrible Secretary of the Interior, but maybe not the religious nut job I thought he was.