tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20997270.post4942820323316782091..comments2023-06-12T12:25:13.371-05:00Comments on A Climenhaga Home: A RochaClimenheisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01989459133238230712noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20997270.post-34231381684275338592008-11-18T09:05:00.000-06:002008-11-18T09:05:00.000-06:00Interesting that you heard me setting myself apart...Interesting that you heard me setting myself apart from environmentalists. I will have to keep working out how to say what I mean.<BR/><BR/>I stand with environmentalists. I vote for the Green Party in Canada, and support that which I can. I stand apart from the motivations of secular environmentalists, which comes close to worshipping what they want to save. They may find me uncomfortable, insisting on the Creator a part of the equation.<BR/><BR/>This is a variant of Ron Sider's observation that those who struggle for social justice only out of a concern for social justice tend to burn out. Those who pursue social justice a an act of devotion to God, who desires justice and peace for all, do not need "success" to keep on going. The act of devotion renews itself.<BR/><BR/>The point is what stands at the centre: God, or the thing we do for God's sake. I have known missionaries who appear to committed to God, but in fact their own particular version of missions has taken God's place. I simply applied that truth to environmentalism.<BR/><BR/>Further thoughts?Climenheisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01989459133238230712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20997270.post-22513710455416931942008-11-18T06:50:00.000-06:002008-11-18T06:50:00.000-06:00I find it sad and somewhat ironic that someone suc...I find it sad and somewhat ironic that someone such as you finds it necessary to set yourself apart from environmentalists. That's not exactly what you said--but it is implied. When did it get to be that to be an environmentalist is somehow NOT a mark of religious obligation? Just asking.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.com