Letters

Green religion

Deric Davidson

Contents - Feb 2010 - Buy a copy now Editorial: A new decade but the same challenges remain - Michael Gilchrist St Mary Mackillop: Canonisation: about holiness, not miracles - Fr Paul Gardiner SJ News: The Church Around the World Preparation time: New Missal translation nears completion: a window of opportunity - Michael Gilchrist Letters: New priests for the Sydney Archdiocese - Fr Michael De Stoop Climate change: which Catholic response? - William Kininmonth Priest denounces 'deniers' of man-made climate change - Michael Gilchrist Catholic Culture: 'A small brave initiative': Campion College's second graduation - Br Barry Coldrey Indian martyrs: Present-day martyrs in India and Pakistan - Babette Francis Foundations of Faith: Celebrating the Eucharist during the early Christian centuries - Br Barry Coldrey Letters: Climate change - Ron Blackstock Letters: World government - Emidio Restall Letters: Climate change: facts - J. Holder Letters: Overpopulation - George Simpson Letters: Green religion - Deric Davidson Letters: Vale Brian Mullins - Ken Bayliss Letters: Faith alone - Rex Dale Letters: Greetings from India - Fr S. John Joseph PP, VF Letters: Crucifixes - Arnold Jago Books: FIRES OF FAITH: Catholic England Under Mary Tudor, by Eamonn Duffy - Bishop Peter J. Elliott (reviewer) Books: SECULAR SABOTAGE, by Bill Donahue - Fr Martin Durham (reviewer) Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au Reflection: Accepting the reality of death: Christ's message of hope and consolation - Andrew Kania

It is worth looking at what the radical green religion has in store for us. Maurice Strong, climate adviser to the UN Secretary General and President Obama, was a key player in the IPCC. He says:

'It is our only hope for the planet that the industrial civilisations collapse. Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?'

Strong was a prime mover of Earth Charter which pushes for abortion, euthanasia and population control and is endorsed by most environ-mental groups. It seeks to use religions to spread its message and naive Christians have been taken in. For example, the Edmund Rice Centre has an Eco-Justice link which states:

'The Earth Charter is a declaration of fundamental principles for a just, sustainable and peaceful global society in the 21st century. The Edmund Rice Centre has joined thousands of organisations throught the world in adopting and implementing the Earth Charter and your school can do the same.'

Professor Schneider, an environmentalist from Stanford University states, 'We have to offer up scary scenarios of climate change. Each of us has to decide the right balance between being effective and being honest.'

As the Canadian born author, Mark Steyn, says of the green religion, 'We are the pollution, and sterilisation is the solution The best way to bequeath a more sustainable environment to our children is not to have any.'

DERIC DAVIDSON
Bunbury, WA

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 23 No 1 (February 2010), p. 15