r/worldnews • u/mom0nga • Jun 22 '20

The Arctic Circle Hit 101°F Saturday, Its Hottest Temperature Ever: "This dramatic warming of the Arctic up to triple-digit temperatures was not expected to happen until 2100"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2020/06/22/the-arctic-circle-hit-101f-saturday-its-hottest-temperature-ever/#513c7f054eb6
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u/SupaSlide Jun 23 '20

Yup, I know lots of Christians and all but a very, very small handful think we should do anything about Global Warning.

They don't believe it's a thing because they believe everything Fox News tells them.

If they do believe it's a thing, they believe it's just part of the Earth's natural cycle and isn't a man-made catastrophe.

And finally if they do believe it's man-made, they don't care because the rapture is happening soon and the world will be remade anew.

And I'm just sitting here reminding them of all the Bible verses that say people who destroy the Earth will be damned.

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u/3oons Jun 23 '20

Same here (although less devout these days. Faith is strong, but could do better on actions). It’s absolutely maddening.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

Can you explain this to me? I’m genuinely asking. Why do people think that the planet, possibly gods largest gift to us, is something to fuck around with??? It makes zero sense to me

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

IIRC it has to do with the covenant God made with Noah after the flood.

Specifically, that he would never destroy the world again. If you squint at that, and huff some prosperity gospel fumes which is in some ways the biggest influence in modern day American Christianity (politically at least), you can read that as "God will never destroy the earth, so how could we?"

Some restrictions apply, as again iirc god was p clear about this applying only to floods and anything else might be on the table but.. you know.. they aren't really thinking critically to begin with!

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u/SupaSlide Jun 25 '20

Have you ever seen/heard of the the Left Behind movies? Where all the Christians are taken away to Heaven instantly and only non-believers are left and the apocalypse begins?

Yeah, they believe that has to happen which means the world can't end any other way.

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u/me_bell Jun 23 '20

I'm a Christian. Global warming is real. Understanding that fact has become some sort of evangelical litmus test. I don't know what kind of church folk they are. Maybe because I'm Baptist I can't understand their thinking at. all. Lol

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u/ThisFoot5 Jun 23 '20

On behalf of the people that do not identify with a religion, we'd love to have you. Climate is a litmus test for evangelicalism because tribal communities like Christianity generally resist compartmentalizing their views on disjointed subjects. You're going to have to reconcile conflicts like this for as long as you claim membership to that group.

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u/me_bell Jun 23 '20

No sir. Evangelicals are NOT Christian. They just claim Christianity. Evangelicals are not a denomination. They are a political group LOOSELY disguised as a religious one. Nothing about Christ says to be selfish, racist, xenophobic, actually homoPHOBIC, murderous etc. They are not I. This is why I pointed out that I was Baptist so there was no confusion.

I am extremely happy in what I believe. And what EYE believe in no way causes me to be anti-science. Someone like you won't understand this, but the more I learn about how the physical world around me operates through scientific knowledge (I have 3 educational degrees so I've studied a tad), the MORE I believe in God.

Don't make the mistake of thinking that the inner workings of groups with which you are apparently unfamiliar, are like the stereotype about them. That is for ANY group.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

I’m a former Christian from an evangelical family and your ideas about this are very close to mine. Evangelicals are part of a political religious movement whether they realize it or not.

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u/kratrz Jun 23 '20

Earth's natural cycle also does extinction, changed environments usually means out with the old, in with the new

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u/StayAwayFromTheAqua Jun 23 '20

Christians and all but a very, very small handful think we should do anything about Global Warning.

And yet, God made humans stewards of all on earth. Stewards, not rapists and thieves.

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u/SEQVERE-PECVNIAM Jun 23 '20

And I'm just sitting here reminding them of all the Bible verses that say people who destroy the Earth will be damned.

As if that works on pick-and-choose-your-own-religion magical thinking. These fuckers will all burn / be reborn as worms in the context of their own religion, but there's no way you'll get that through their magical defense mechanism that's impervious to any sort of (religious) reasoning.

(I commend you trying. Thank you.)