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Faith and Reason Environmentalism
Thomas M. Doran, Catholic World Report
Thursday, January 27, 2022
The dominant track in environmentalism today is practical atheism—the promotion of policies that have the effect of reducing the status of human beings in relation to other living things, and defining human rights without reference to a Creator or an eternal destiny. Many Christians and other believers acquiesce to this culturally dominant track to the degree that they support organizations and causes that promote such policies.