Post by M. Hawbaker on Sept 24, 2019 19:50:22 GMT
Union Theological Seminary, which boasts its progressive theology, encouraged students to confess their sins to plants in chapel earlier this week.
The confessional, according to the seminary, was part of a class called “Extractivism: A Ritual/Liturgical Response.” The confessions were geared specifically towards harm committed against the environment.
“Together, we held our grief, joy, regret, hope, guilt and sorrow in prayer; offering them to the beings who sustain us but whose gift we too often fail to honor. What do you confess to the plants in your life?” a tweet from the seminary read, according to Faithwire.
“We are in the throes of a climate emergency, a crisis created by humanity’s arrogance, our disregard for Creation. Far too often, we see the natural world only as resources to be extracted for our use, not divinely created in their own right—worthy of honor, thanks and care,” the seminary said in its defense. “Churches have a huge role to play in this endeavor. Theologies that encourage humans to dominate and master the Earth have played a deplorable role in degrading God’s creation. We must birth new theology, new liturgy to heal and sow, replacing ones that reap and destroy,” the statement concluded.
I would load up my arms with a great reference book and my well-paged Bible and I'd request an appointment with him. He would likely not change an idea he is supporting, but I would have done my duty to my God (which doesn't sounds as if my God is the same God this pastor worships 
), and I would have done my due diligence in the decision-making process to fire that pastor and head off to a true, Bible-based church. 