Unfortunately, the article is in the New York Times, so you’ll have to donate your pint of blood to read it, but there is an article running now about Evangelical groups and the environment. Basically, a couple of small evangelical groups are finally realizing that they should perhaps pay more attention to parts of the Bible not involving gays or abortion (which is not all bad, given the light coverage they receive in the BIble), and maybe be good stewards of the Earth. Therefore, they are working with the environmental lobby to reduce CO2 emissions. Ok, nothing wrong there, and the picture of tree hugging hippies and religious fanatics working together is kind of amusing.

Senator James M. Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican who is chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee was interviewed for the article. He’s one of many Republicans that has done everything possible to make sure that we’re all going to die from a lack of Oxygen in a couple of years. Anyway, his stance on this of course is that there is nothing wrong with the environment and all empirical evidence being collected is just some vast conspiracy. But that’s not the disturbing part. There’s this little bit:

He said the National Evangelical Association had been “led down a liberal path” by environmentalists and others who have convinced the group that issues like poverty and the environment are worth their efforts.

Wait, back up a second. Now, I’m pretty sure that Evangelical groups are Christian groups. And Christians believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ. And there’s something in the New Testament about the Golden Rule and all that. And I’m pretty sure that poverty is one of those things that is involved in the whole “Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you” thing. It just disgusts me that someone would think that poverty is something that religious groups should not be concerned about. In fact, I can’t think of many things that religious groups should be more concerned about.