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The Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) have issued a Statement of Faith for the upcoming Copenhagen climate summit on behalf of nine of the world’s major religions, which together reach out to 85 per cent of the world’s population.
The eyes of the world are on Copenhagen [...]
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Well, last week was an interesting one. Monday I drove over to Windsor (yes, Windsor where the Castle is) to follow the “Many Heavens, One Earth” celebration of environmental commitments by major faith communities.
I had been asked to provide material for the story about the event that appeared on the Baha’i World News Service.
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It is rare that religion and science find agreement, but that is what happened when Britain’s Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks spoke at a meeting on saving the earth from climate change.
“The great Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson published a book in 2007 called “Creation”, subtitled An Appeal to Save Life on Earth,” Sacks told leaders of [...]
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Frank Furedi
Getting God to do their dirty work
In seeking to use religion to force people to change their eco-unfriendly behaviour, greens are debasing both religious belief and scientific truth.
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We live in world where the cynical manipulation of people’s fears and anxieties often overrides informed public debate. Principles and beliefs seem to have become negotiable [...]
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