"Even more frightening are the right wing religious nuts who believe that all this is part of god's plan and we are supposed to ruin the earth because it says in the Bible that we will and the second coming can't happen until we do. They figure we should hurry up and do it faster..."
Now that /does/ scare me. I might have voted for Bush but it doesn't mean I'm stupid ( rumours to the contray XD).
I think this whole, "Jesus is going to Rapture us out! Then the New Earth!" thing is dangerous in a couple of ways. Its fantasy escapism first of all, and it leads to "let it all burn" thinking.
Neither of those is good. Well, okay, /I/ like escapism myself, but I tend to know when to draw the line and buy the flourescent bulbs and recycle. I also think that if there was a subsidy (maybe...a tax credit?) on converting your house to say solar energy some of that really nifty new tech like the black strips of solar collecters that look nice on a roof would get bought lots more, and if /that/ happened we'd not have to send our blood to the middle east.
That'd make a great bumper sticker:
"Every Extra Mile You Drive Kills One More Soldier"
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Date: 2007-02-05 04:32 pm (UTC)"Even more frightening are the right wing religious nuts who believe that all this is part of god's plan and we are supposed to ruin the earth because it says in the Bible that we will and the second coming can't happen until we do. They figure we should hurry up and do it faster..."
Now that /does/ scare me. I might have voted
for Bush but it doesn't mean I'm stupid (
rumours to the contray XD).
I think this whole, "Jesus is going to
Rapture us out! Then the New Earth!" thing
is dangerous in a couple of ways. Its
fantasy escapism first of all, and it
leads to "let it all burn" thinking.
Neither of those is good. Well, okay,
/I/ like escapism myself, but I tend
to know when to draw the line and buy
the flourescent bulbs and recycle. I
also think that if there was a subsidy
(maybe...a tax credit?) on converting
your house to say solar energy some of
that really nifty new tech like the
black strips of solar collecters that
look nice on a roof would get bought
lots more, and if /that/ happened we'd
not have to send our blood to the
middle east.
That'd make a great bumper sticker:
"Every Extra Mile You Drive Kills One
More Soldier"