Rev. Mark Nichols is the new climate-care animator in the Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador. I’ve no idea what that means, but it conjures up an image of a puppeteer pulling the strings of a Greta doll to entertain those who have lost their faith in everything except contemporary superstitions. Maybe that’s just me, though.
It’s heartening to know that someone finally has the solution to global warming: animate climate care. Why did no one think of that before?
From here:
Anglican Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador creates new position for climate-care animator
“If there’s one thing that really angers me, it’s social injustice,” Nichols said.
“I really see the environmental side of it, the creation-care side of it, as part of that. The people that bear the burden for (climate change) are the world’s poor, the elderly, people in developing nations and our children.”
Recently, Bishop Geoff Peddle of the Anglican Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador announced Nichols would undertake a new part-time role with the diocese — a position they call creation-care animator.
The Rev. tips his hand later in the article: Mankind is not the pinnacle of God’s creation, the Earth is, inanimate, though it may be. Unapologetic Gaia worship.
He says that for too long humans have been anthropocentric, thinking of themselves as the most important thing on the planet.
“The church is being called to … look at a creation-centric way of being,” he says.
“I often say to people, we need the Earth, but the Earth really doesn’t need us. … We need to improve that relationship we have with the rest of creation.”
It’s REALLY so much cheaper, simpler and less laborious than that. Just see to it that we sacrifice a couple of virgins every so often, and provide some temple-prostitutes of either sex in each cathedral for when the harvest is poor, and She’ll be MUCH more favourable to our cries …😃
Oh!- you’re so saucy Priscilla! You would be a blast at a party I’ll bet!
Well, thanks, but I’m not sure that I’m modern enough, or ever have been. Unless you mean funny-peculiar rather than funny-haha.
Seriously, though, at nearly 82 I’m getting to the point where I’m really interested only in the only party really worth going to. See this sermon: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nicene-creed-viii-christian-hope-pdm-turner-dr-priscilla-turner/
All of the Nicene Creed is expounded in this volume: https://www.amazon.com/We-Believe-Understanding-Nicene-Creed/dp/1775106233 which may be freely dowloaded, read and printed out here: https://www.anglicansamizdat.net/wordpress/dr-priscilla-turner/ . Or I will send you copies cheaply within Canada.
I mean funny haha-it was a compliment-thats the problem with written over spoken words….and I’d love to be at a party with you- I am the guy wearing the lampshade…
Yes, I did understand you, was just trying to be funny back … But of course in this whole mess one has constantly to laugh in order to keep from crying, doesn’t one?
thought so….just making sure-its a whole new game in our world now-I’m getting paranoid-expulsion from your church after 57 years does that to a guy…
I was getting on for that age when this nonsense started in the ACoC. My husband gone to glory is well off compared with me! I just miss him as my brother-in-arms as well as in other capacities. He, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Cantab., M.A., M.Phil. Oxon., distinguished Byzantinist and Russianist, co-signed with me our Brief to the Lambeth Commission, the text of which is the last item in my book Holy Homosex? @ https://www.anglicansamizdat.net/wordpress/dr-priscilla-turner/
What has hurt the poor is western environmentalism — denying them DDT — millions killed; banning safe, clean, and cost-effective nuclear power, and, now, seeking to deny developing nations access to affordable, reliable fossil-fuel power. On the plus side, no thanks to environmentalists, the increase in CO2 has resulted in the recent greening of the earth and the flourishing of plant life.