292 Will Scott Morrison Make the Difference for Australia and His Career?

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2. Once upon a time, not so long ago a new Prime Minister took office in Australia …
3. “Mr. Morrison and his faith represent a break with tradition in Australia, where politics has long been ardently secular. He is the first prime minister to come from one of the country’s growing evangelical Christian movements, leading many experts and voters to wonder how his Christianity might affect various issues, from foreign policy to social policy.”  NY Times  8/27/18
4. Some challenged his commitment to the environment …
5. “Let us never again suggest this government might be about to take climate change seriously. Scott Morrison has taken the view that saying he believes in climate change is enough to avoid any suggestion that he is in fact a climate change denier.
6. In reality he is like a bloke who says he is against drunk-driving, but then tells his mates the way to drive home from the pub without getting caught by the cops.” Guardian  1/22/20
7. Catholic Views on Climate Change …
8. “Future generations should not be robbed or left with extra burdens. Those who are to come, have a claim to a just administration of the world’s resources by this generation. We need to keep in mind the Precautionary Principle: where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing remedial measures. Each sector of the community has a role in imagining and building a future Australia with reduced greenhouse gas emissions.”
9. 16 Faith Communities in Australia Have a Common Belief …
10. “… for most of us, the fate of the planet as a result of global warming is really a moral issue. Climate change is ultimately about what it means for people — especially children — and the whole creation.”
11. Aboriginal People: “The damage and destruction caused pain not only to the country but to our own spirit and well-being.”
12. Anglicans:  “Holy Scripture reminds us that, the earth is the Lord’s and everything in it (Psalm 24:1). All of creation belongs to God, not to human beings. We are part of the created order, and our first calling by God is to be stewards of the earth and the rest of creation (Genesis 1:28 -29).”
13.             Australian Christian Lobby: “Christians have a moral duty to be stewards of the creation and to express God’s love and care to all people made in his image. There is a strong scientific consensus that the climate is changing and that this change will have significant consequences: economic and social, national and international.”
14.             Baha’i Believers: “As the stewards of the Earth for our own and future generations, it is our God-given responsibility to learn to make use of the Earth’s natural resources, both renewable and non-renewable, in a manner that ensures sustainability into the distant reaches of time. Fostering world citizenship is a practical and necessary strategy to achieve this.”
15.             Baptists: “Climate change is one of the most significant threats to our economic and social life. It is imperative that governments and corporations, as well as individuals and local communities, respond to the current global environmental crisis. Failure by national governments to respond to climate change in decisive ways may result in unmanageable cost blow-outs and irreversible devastation to ecosystems and biodiversity.”
16.             Buddhists: “The three poisons greed, hatred and delusion have effects going beyond the now. The arising of unwholesome unpleasant states is the result of ignorance of the consequences of wrong action and perpetuation of bad habits. One who practices Sila— moral living, Samadhi — concentration leading to mindfulness, and Panna, wisdom, heeds the universe, and the preservation of all forms of life. Today we see the consequences of not paying attention to the Buddha’s warnings. In advancing science and technology, the earth is being poisoned.”
17.             Catholics: “Rapid climate change as the result of human activity is now recognized by the global scientific community as a reality. As pastors of more than a quarter of the Australian population, we urge Catholics as an essential part of their faith commitment to respond to the reality of climate change — with sound judgements and resolute action.”
18.             Evangelical Christians: “Christ has given the church the task of caring for people and the creation. In regard to large-scale environmental issues, God’s call to love our neighbors means taking a global focus. It means recognizing that there is unequal access to natural resources; that the effects of environmental disasters fall unevenly on the people of world. It means understanding the greater difficulty of poorer nations and the moral responsibility of wealthier ones. It means genuinely loving our global neighbors through just, loving and sacrificial action (Matt. 22: 34-40).”
19.             Greek Orthodox: “Human beings have caused species to become extinct, and destroyed the biodiversity of creation; we have degraded the integrity of the Earth by causing excessive and rapid climate change; we have destroyed forests and wetlands, and contaminated the Earth’s waters; we have polluted its lands and its air with poisonous substances. This is sinful.”
20.             Hindus:  “Live in complete harmony with Nature, Experience the grace of God in the splendor of the universe. Be blessed by God’s reassuring love. The sweet dawn will sweeten your soul. The dazzling mid-day will set your hearts aflutter. And the serene music of your soul will guide you towards peace and prosperity. And when the day’s task is over, you will sleep in the lap of Mother Nature, All the deities will be favorable to you. — Mother Nature, Yajur Veda 34.37. … The message is to control our desires and thus reduce the demand on precious resources. Conserve energy and help save the environment.”
21.             Jewish People: “The opening passages of Genesis have had a profound influence on Western civilization with their understanding of the universe coming into being as the work of God,Who then gives humankind dominion over nature and the ability to shape the environment. But the second chapter of Genesis defines human responsibility. The first man is set in the Garden of Eden “to work it and take care of it”. The first of the verbs in Hebrew has the sense that man is to “serve” nature, the second means to “guard” it, a word used later in the Bible to mean guarding property which does not belong to him – he must exercise vigilance in his protection and is liable for loss through negligence.”
22.             Lutherans: “The church recognizes that climate change is already having damaging effects and will potentially have catastrophic effects on the world’s climate systems, its ecosystems, the survival of plant and animal life and the human populations. Global warming will cause the extinction of large numbers of animal and insect species through the destruction of habitats and the disruption of normal weather and climate patterns. Human populations will suffer from the loss of food supplies as rain decreases, agricultural and grazing lands are lost and coral reefs and fisheries disappear. Diseases such as malaria will become more widespread. Extreme weather conditions and natural disasters will become more common. Large areas of land (including cities and farming land) will be inundated, water supplies will be contaminated and vast numbers of people will be displaced as sea levels rise.”
23.             Muslims: “Many verses of Qur-an prescribe a way of life which expects human beings to conserve and enrich the environment. The environment is God’s creation. The creation of earth and all its natural resources is a sign of His wisdom, mercy and power for the benefit of humans. It is God’s best creation, and serves to develop human awareness and understanding of the creator. God entrusts humans to enjoy the bounty of nature on the strict condition that they take care of it and preserve it. The color of Islam is green, signifying the importance of nature.”
24.             The Salvation Army: “The Salvation Army believes that, as people made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), we have a responsibility to use the resources of the earth in a way that ensures that people in this and future generations do not suffer from poverty or injustice. This is part of our stewardship of the earth and our love of others. In the modern world, Christian stewardship implies large-scale and permanent changes in attitudes and behavior towards God’s creation, so that we begin to “replenish the earth” (Gen. 1:28). Responsibility was given to humanity to “cultivate and keep” the earth (Gen. 2:15), but humanity has destroyed or is destroying much of God’s creation (Isaiah 24: 4,5).”
25.             Sikhs: “The Sikh scripture, Guru Granth Sahib, declares that the purpose of human beings is to achieve a blissful state and to be in harmony with the earth and all creation: … There is serious concern that the earth may no longer be a sustainable biosystem. The major crises facing the earth — the social justice crisis and the environmental crisis — together are heading the earth toward a disastrous situation. The social justice crisis is caused by humanity’s confrontation with itself and the environmental crisis is caused by humanity’s confrontation with nature.”
26.             The Uniting Church: “…we are concerned with the basic human rights of future generations and will urge the wise use of energy, the protection of the environment and the replenishment of the earth’s resources for their use and enjoyment.”
28. Public Opinion on Climate Change in Australia …
29. “What the Australian public thinks about climate change matters. While the work of proactive businesses, governments and activists is important, public opinion ultimately creates the environment in which climate action can occur. Politicians won’t take strong climate action if the public will vote them out for it, businesses won’t take strong climate action unless there are markets for their products and services and activists that don’t bring the public with them risk being marginalized. …
30. “First, a majority of Australians do accept that the climate is changing. The proportion of Australians accepting the reality of a changing climate is typically between 70 and 90% in the different studies they reviewed. In the most recent CSIRO survey in 2014, the proportion was 78% and in Climate Institute polling in 2016 it was 77%.”  Medium 4/6/17
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34. We suspect the Green Climate Party will be nipping at Mr Morrison’s heals. Voters on the receiving end of the incredible devastation wreaked by the recent fires, as well as, other climate disasters lurking around the bend, may have some newly acquired concerns about how long the world has before it is too late.
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