"michael adams" wrote in message
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"George.com" wrote in message
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"michael adams" wrote in message
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"Richard Brooks" wrote in message
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It's only through the human ego 'you are the Shepherd and master of
all
you survey' shite written in the bible by man and man alone that has
percolated to these times that we feel that we have a special place.

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I beg to differ. The human race believe they have a special place
because a far as is known, they alone are self-conscious in any highly
developed sense*, they alone believe themselves to be aware of the
feelings of others, and they alone are capable of forming abstract
moral principles. Regardless of religions which, in the views of
some, are merely belief systems designed to as to satisfactorily
explain
some of the above features. The fact that such features may in fact be
a "fortuitous" concomitant of spare brain capacity is neither
here nor there.

a lobby group of fundamental US pastors has been formed urging Bush to
deal
with global warming on the understanding that god made us custodians of
the
earth, something we are not doing so well at. They argue that caring for
Gods creation involves environmental care.

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I wouldn't want to base any argument of what US pastors claim or
don't claim. Apparently one branch of Christian Fundamentalists
in the States believe Armaggedon* is only around the corner in
any case - in the Holy Land. Israel has a special place both
biblically and geo-politically. Some aspects of US Middle East
policy really are a Crusade although quite where this puts
mainly non-christian Neo-Cons is another matter.

sure, a number of the fundamental christians in the US are extreme right
wing in their politics and economics. In their warped logic god and looney
tunes libertarianism are one and the same. If you take away their belief in
god you are simply left with wacko right wing nutters who believe the free
market is infalliable, that it is never prone to failure and that any form
of government intervention is a sin. These economic alchemists probably see
no need for governments to do anything about environmental degredation as
their free market will solve all problems. Their degree of faith in the
mystery working of the market almost amount to witchcraft, something the
bible frowns on. Other more enlightened US christians obviously do see a
place for environmental issues in their faith.

rob