Cognitive dissonance *hurts*.

[holli]

Mr. Cizik said he was among many evangelicals who would support some regulation on heat-trapping gases.

"We're not adverse to government-mandated prohibitions on behavioral sin such as abortion," he said. "We try to restrict it. So why, if we're social tinkering to protect the sanctity of human life, ought we not be for a little tinkering to protect the environment?"


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/10/national/10evangelical.html?

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[debg.livejournal.com]

squish

head explodes

[veejane.livejournal.com]

In the face of all the head-explosion, is it crass to point out that the word he means to use above is AVERSE, not adverse?

Duly pointed. Illiteracy is nobody's friend.

[debg.livejournal.com]

Nope, I'd say it was a very good catch. I was too busy babbling "whawhawha???" at the computer to do much else.

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

The Washington Post had an article about the environmentalist evangelicals a monthor two ago. It's fascinating. And hey, if they want to put their energy there, and away from moderating others' sex lives, good on them.

[lysana.livejournal.com]

I fail to see the dissonance. It only goes to show they read the book of Genesis, where Adam was told he and his descendants were to be stewards of creation. Why should only liberals care about the environment?