This peer reviewed paper touches on exactly what we were talking about in class on Tuesday. The paper basically states that the differences in religions need to be ignored, so that they can all unite as one and face the degradation of the environment we our facing today. Robin Gill is the author of this paper and he cites a study from the 90s that show churchgoers are more likely to do something about the environment because of their religious belief. In the majority of religions, the environment is God given and that compels His followers to try and help the environment out. Personally, I don't think religion should be the driving force for someone to do something about the environment. The state of the environment could decide the future of mankind, whether that future is promising or full of demise. This alone should cause people that aren't religious at all to step up and offer their help in fixing the state of the environment. I just think that religion causes too many arguments over these types of issues, when all the time that is spent arguing could have been spent trying to fix the problem.
http://tjx.sagepub.com/content/102/810/408.citation
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