Abortion wasn't always an issue for the evangelist right. Historically, church leaders believed abortion was a health issue, too complex & personal for government.
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In 1968 a symposium sponsored by the Christian Medical Society & Christianity Today, the flagship magazine of evangelicalism, refused to characterize abortion as sinful, citing “individual health, family welfare, & social responsibility” as justifications for ending a pregnancy.
Aug 21, 2021 • 34 tweets • 6 min read
The new (old) trend in climate denial is that technology innovations will save us from making drastic lifestyle changes.
Everyone from the Green New Deal to the fossil fuel industry marketing campaigns are on this bandwagon now.
I want to preface all this with one important thing: We absolutely need to get off fossil energy asap. We can, we have to, it will be good on so many levels for everyone, from cleaner air & water to independence from foreign oil, to build a 100% renewable energy grid now.
Aug 21, 2021 • 41 tweets • 7 min read
The "technology will save us" brand of climate denialism was officially given a voice, as far as I know, as far back as 1983.
The US National Academy of Science had spent 4 years & $1mil preparing a report, which they unveiled at a gala attended by industry execs #ClimateAction
Scientists who contributed to the report strongly recommended immediate action. Economists, however, succeeded in reframing the policy recs, suggesting less expensive tech would be invented to save us between then & when global warming's effects would start to be detected.
