From here:
Let us remember our first calling as human beings is caring for the Earth. So sacred is this calling that as Lutherans worldwide mark the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation in 2017 with an overall theme “Liberated by God’s Grace,” one of the subthemes is “Creation—not for sale.” So sacred is this calling to Anglicans worldwide that they hold among their Marks of Mission a commitment “to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and to sustain and renew the life of the earth.” This mark of mission is now reflected in the vows made in baptism.
I don’t dislike pollution any less than Fred Hiltz but, surely, “our first calling as human beings” – or, at least as Christians – is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the unsaved, not to “care for the earth.” The earth is not a sentient living thing made in God’s image, possessing a soul whose eternal destiny rests on whether or not it has received Christ’s free gift of salvation. It is just like the rest of the universe, a system which is subject to entropy; it is running down, degenerating gradually into disorder until God remakes it as part of the New Heavens and New Earth.
That is, unless, as appears to be the case for the purveyors of this Earth Day Statement, your god is Gaia.
Sounds like Hiltz and Johnson are worshipping the created and not the Creator.
Absolutely, David!
Both the ACoC and the Evangelical Lutheran Church have abandoned the Gospel and will say anything that will (in their view) attract people. For persons in the ACoC the time has come for you to take action to have these apostates removed from office and no contributions should be made toward the expenses including any related to the buildings or to the salaries of those who are obviously leading you astray. So-called bishops such as Fred Hiltz and others are nothing but apostates.
I love Earth Day. That’s when I set the oven to Clean, do the ironing, turn on all the lights, and then try to find anything else that will use lots of power. Nobody else is using power, so I’ll get a better rate, right? Thrift.