More on Moyers' Moronic Thesis

Still stewing. Bill Moyers, the George Lincoln Rockwell of anti-Christianism, worries in his column "There is no tomorrow" about two results of rampant Christianity: the destruction of the Earth's ecosystem by Jesus Freaks eager to bring on the Second Coming, and the fueling of wars in the Middle East by, you guessed it, Jesus Freaks eager to bring on the Second Coming.

First, his environmental thesis. Earlier, I wrote about Biblical teachings of stewardship and the fact that no one knows when Christ will come to address his greenie paranoia of Christians. But the easier test is to ask for evidence that Christians really want to destroy the planet. Conveniently, Time just gave us a list of the 25 most influential evangelicals, and I can't find a reference to eco-destruction among the bunch.

Money for eco-destruction? Well, turn to the Ahmansons, the pocketbook of Conservative Christianty. Here's all Time had to say:

Money makes the Word go round, and this wealthy, conservative Republican couple takes a dizzyingly ecclectic approach to funding evangelism. The projects that savings-and-loan multimillionaires Howard and Roberta Ahmanson have paid for over the years through Fieldstead & Co., a private philanthropy in Irvine, Calif., form a cornucopia of faith-based activism, including an institute linked to the antievolution intelligent-design movement and a study of social endeavors by Third World Pentecostal churches. The couple have been accused over the years of having an extremist agenda, mostly because a onetime pet charity, the Chalcedon Foundation, advocates the Christian reconstructionist branch of theology that says gays and other biblical lawbreakers should be stoned. Howard distanced himself from those views and resigned from the foundation board years ago.

The couple, both 55, now are warning powerful conservative Christians about the pitfalls of hubris in the aftermath of their victories over liberals last November. Says Roberta: "Christlike humility and [improving] the lives of human beings should be the goals."

Hmmm. A tad out there, but they're not funding the Earth-burners.

How about Ted Haggard of the National Association of Evangelicals? Turns out, that Haggard's entry is the only one among the 25 to even mention of the environment. Here's Time's description of the Association's agenda:

A document issued last fall offered a theological justification for civic activism by U.S. Evangelicals, calling on them to protect the environment, promote global religious and political freedom and human rights, safeguard "wholesome family life," care for the poor and oppose racism.

So nix that. Well, what about the evil capitalist earth-rapers -- the oil and mining companies, the auto manufacturers -- are they Christian organizations? Doesn't seem like it. The oil and mining company mission statements are all about sustainability, not Second Comings. The car companies don't appear to be Evangelicals either, although Henry Ford did have a brush with Anti-Semitism. That, of course, would be counter to Moyer's thesis, since he blames Christianity for support of Israel and Jews.

Something rotten is right under Moyers' nose, but he doesn't seem to smell it: It's the non-Christian countries that are doing the most to damage the earth, and the more anti-Christian, the better. China has no intention of bullying its way into the Kyoto Treaty after it was pardoned for its sinful pollution by the Moyers of the world. And the God-hating Soviet Union did more to destroy the environment than the most ardent earth-burner could fantasize doing.

Next, Moyers' war thesis.