'Indy Timeline' of Upcoming Events Ungodly Distortions...
[The following are all excerpts from "Ungodly Distortions -- Evangelical Christians know that caring for God's creation is a scriptural imperative. " By the Rev. Jim Ball.]Are irrational and dangerous end-of-the-world views of conservative Christians—"the earth is going to be burned up anyway, so why care for it”—behind the environmental policies of our Republican-controlled federal government?
Put aside for a moment any thoughts about whether the presuppositions behind this thesis are correct, because the “secret” has now been exposed by Glenn Scherer, an investigative reporter for the online environmental magazine Grist, in an article provocatively titled “The Godly Must Be Crazy.”
What we have by and large are two subcultures viewing each other through the inaccurate stereotypes they hold of the other. This is why the Grist article is so unhelpful. It feeds those stereotypes.
But wait, there’s more. The Grist “exposé” was catapulted into the national spotlight when veteran journalist Bill Moyers made it the centerpiece of a speech on December 1 in New York City that was subsequently excerpted in numerous newspapers, including... [ ] and the Indianapolis Star.
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[or read a related article, "Bill Moyers' Latest Anti-Christian Lie"...documenting the chain of erroneous quotes, and referencing major newspapers like the Indianapolis Star which carried 'the phantom quote' in question.]
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