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Environmental ethics

What Do You Want from a Restored Environment?

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We know we want to solve the environmental crisis, but what exactly do we want the world to look like if we did? Would it be restored to the way things were before the industrial revolution? Or maybe to the Garden of Eden?
That last suggestion is the desire of a movement called Restoring Eden: [...]

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How Do You Know Your Faith Would Survive Global Suffering?

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Faith can be a challenge to handle. Especially when you face unreasonable personal suffering. Because then you feel the impulse not to believe in God. You tell yourself that God would only allow such suffering if he were either not entirely good, or if he lacked power. Therefore you want to stop believing that God [...]

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Do You Believe a New Earth is Coming?

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The Christian scriptures tell us history will come to an end. It is not clear why believing this gets as much bad press as it does. But, maybe it has to do with some alarmist descriptions of the way things are today, and how this must be a sign that we are near the end.
It [...]

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Is the Environmental Crisis the Test of Humanity’s Lifetime?

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In response to our last question, Dave Barefield suggested that the environmental crisis is “a test to see if we can put the finger pointing aside … and act maturely as a species.” If we pass the test, we will live, if we do not pass the test, we will die.
Today, I want us to [...]

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Is Our Confusion More Serious than the Environmental Crisis Itself?

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There are three important observations to make from the responses to our last question about the ecological crisis. They make me think we are seriously confused about this crisis and have no idea where even to start when we want to deal effectively with it.
As you look at these observations, I would like to hear [...]

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Really? Are Christians Responsible for the Ecological Crisis?

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The creation story does not refer to tree trunks and coal, but Adam and Eve, as the image of God. Nor did Jesus come to save giraffes and coral reefs, but human beings. Of course not! Because the Christan tradition values human beings over other created beings, like animals and plants.
Christians think human beings are [...]

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