{"id":12766,"date":"2011-04-20T17:06:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T21:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=12766"},"modified":"2011-04-20T17:06:33","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T21:06:33","slug":"pondering-crimes-against-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/pondering-crimes-against-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Pondering crimes against the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not but the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglicanjournal.com\/nc\/news-update-items\/article\/good-friday-and-earth-day-coincide-9702.html\" target=\"_blank\">Anglican Journal is<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The almost magical confluence of Good Friday and Earth Day on Apr. 22 presents an opportunity for Christian environmentalists to ponder humankind\u2019s crimes against the planet. And at this time of penitence, sacrifice and redemption, to reflect on ways to reverse our unremitting exploitation of the created world\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>In his Good Friday reflection, Lind links our environmental trespasses to our role in the crucifixion. \u201cIn our indifference, in our callous disregard for the needs of all living beings, we have put the Earth upon the Cross,\u201d he writes. \u201cToday is the day for us to recognize our guilt in perpetuating injustice against our partners in Creation and confess it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A magical confluence of environmental hocus-pocus and redemptionless, Earth Day self-flagellation, brought to you by your partner in poppycock, the Anglican Church of Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not but the Anglican Journal is: The almost magical confluence of Good Friday and Earth Day on Apr. 22 presents an opportunity for Christian environmentalists to ponder humankind\u2019s crimes against the planet. And at this time of penitence, sacrifice &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/pondering-crimes-against-the-planet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[2032,2121,2158],"class_list":["post-12766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earth-day","tag-anglican-church-of-canada","tag-earth-day","tag-good-friday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}