http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.htm ... page_id=34God would not intervene to stop us destroying the environment, the Archbishop of Canterbury warned last night, as he called for a 'radical change of heart' on global warming.
There needed to be a conversion from the greed which makes us 'turn a blind eye' to our relationship with the natural world, Dr Rowan Williams said.
'We are capable of doing immeasurable damage to ourselves as individuals, and we have the same terrible freedom as a human race,' he added.
'To suggest God might intervene to protect us from the corporate folly of our practices is as unchristian as to suggest that he protects us from our individual sin.'
Without change, the world faced the 'ultimate tragedy' of humanity gradually 'choked, drowned or starved by its own stupidity', he argued.
Dr Williams often speaks out on social and political issues and is critical of consumerism.
Yesterday, in a lecture at York Minster, he set out a Christian argument for preserving the environment.
He attacked the view that the Old Testament reference to humans having 'dominion' justified exploiting the Earth.
Instead, humanity was given the chance to cultivate the Garden of Eden, Dr Williams claimed.
The Archbishop said government policies and redefined business priorities could encourage people and companies to be greener.
Dr Williams added: 'An economic world in which environmental responsibility was rewarded would have a very different flavour from what we have generally seen for most of the last couple of centuries.'
My first thought upon reading this was... "Hang on clown dude, does that mean god is willing to punish and murder millions of innocent people who've played no direct part in the West's 'corporate folly'? Does it mean that the poor of the world will suffer and die while the rich will take advantage of their position and survive the famines and wars that global warming may bring?
