I’m all for being a good steward of what God has given us, but the environment is our “core business theologically”? Huh?
We certainly do seem to be at sea with our ‘core doctrines’: the ACoC has, of course, intoned at synod that same sex blessings and what the bible says about homosexual activity are not a ‘core doctrine’. What a mess.
From the Journal
Churches have “no option” but to care for “God’s environment” because “this is our core business theologically,” Bishop George Browning, of the diocese of Canberra and Goulburn told a press conference. “This is something that is inherent in our faith…If we are going to make significant progress internationally it will have to come from some moral persuasion – the arguments of economics and politics will not deliver. This is not something that is being heavily driven by any government in the world.”
The arguement from “not Creedal” should surely cut both ways. I’m seeing a lot of Humpty-Dumpty logic from my fellow liberals these days.