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Baptists Toughen Environmental Stance

Pete Smith @ March 11, 2008 # One Comment

Hot on the heels of the Catholic Church including environmental pollution on its list of mortal sins for the 21st Century , the Southern Baptist Church declares that it has been “too timid” on environmental issues. Senior members of the Southern Baptist Convention have signed ‘A Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change‘, [...]

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Eco-sinners Repent

Pete Smith @ September 7, 2007 # One Comment

Here at the Coffee House we’re always banging on about how carbon offset schemes are just an updated form of indulgence, where a donation and a simple act of contrition are enough to ease our consciences without actually changing very much. Now the Catholic Church is getting in on the act, with a new line [...]

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