Similarities between environmentalists and Christianity

As I have repeatedly said, there are many similarities between Christianity and radical environmentalism. I admit I hastily made up the following list in a semi-angry mood because of Gurdur's provocation. I hope to refine these points as the debate goes along(that is if anyone cares to debate in the first place).

• 1. Both predict imminent apocalypsis. Christianity believe in the return of Christ and the death of all sinners. Environmentalist believe in the destruction of the Earth by global warming or some other man made catastrophe. For environmentalists the antichrist are the depraved developers, ignorant and selfish consumers.
• 2. Both consider mankind to be fundamental "sinners". Man by needing to destroy his environment in order to live, Christianity by having been born with the "original sin".
• 3. Both believe there was perfect paradise until man by his own actions destroyed it. Christianity has its Garden of Eden, environmentalist have man destroying natural habital which was a perfect eden before.
• 4. Both deny humanity with the pleasures of living, since it would involve commiting the sins they preach against. Radical environmentalists want human beings to live with the pains and hardships of primitivism. Christianity want people to give up the sensuous selfish pleasures with the idea of a higher heaven.
• 5. Both promote an impossible paradise by sacrificing immediate wealth.
• 6. Both use inexact science to support their beliefs.
• 7. Both attempt to control the way we live with precise guidelines. Environmentalist decry any kind of nature tampering whatsoever, from chopping down a tree, to gene altered food.
• 8. Both blame sex for human woes. Environmentalist blame overpopulation due to uneducated sexual practices.
• 9. Both blame selfish indulgance for the problems. Environmentalists blame indulging SUV owners for selfishly polluting the environment at everyone's cost. They blame cheap consumerism for littering our planet. They blame "reckless" use of energy for "useless" entertainment such as television. They would rather have everyone suffering heat instead of us wasting electricity in airconditioners.
• 10. Both resort to endless subjective rhetoric preaching us the dangers of our "sins".
• 11. Both are even willing to kill human beings to prove the point. Environmentalists have eco-terrorists. Christians have abortion doctor killers.
• 11.Both want to impede technology and progress, blaming it for our woes and self destruction

In short: both radical environmentalists and Christians hate humanity.

Originally posted at the Internet Infidels forum