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And on the Eighth Day, Man Destroyed the Earth

Good think piece on conservatives and the environment:

Why do so many conservatives yawn, laugh derisively or change the subject at the first mention of Earth Day? How can they be so apathetic to the same earth that their preachers praise as “God’s creation”? Why don’t all Christians hold the Bush administration accountable for decisions that threaten our water, our air, and life itself? Having listened to countless conservative sermons on the subject, and to evangelicals and fundamentalists (not necessarily the same people), I’ve discovered that their denials of scientific evidence regarding environmental destruction aren’t really believed at a deep level. Instead, this “reactive thinking” has been learned from others.

http://www.buzzflash.com/whitehurst/05/04/whi05003.html