Your say: week beginning August 31
On being prepared for climate disaster and teaching religion in schools: an edited selection of your views.
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On Monday, August 31, Jane Davis wrote in response to a recent article about the devastating earthquake in Nepal and Tibet. She highlighted how global warming has rendered our efforts to protect the environment futile, attributing this to human greed and stupidity. Despite the evident collapse of ecosystems, Jane believes governments at all levels are only implementing the minimum necessary measures due to complacency.
Margo Webb also responded to the same article but offered a different perspective. She criticized the article for being overly simplistic and for making broad generalizations about Christianity. Margo argued that teaching Christianity in schools would not necessarily improve matters, as she believes the teachings of Jesus are often misunderstood and that religious institutions have succumbed to corruption due to power, money, and sexual abuse.
She emphasized that while change is necessary, simply promoting religious teachings will not solve the underlying issues, and similar challenges exist in other religions as well.
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