Evangelicals are getting tired of their age-old, boring issues. Abortion is so 90s. Gay marriage is inevitable. What about the climate? Therein lies the salvation of a dying Religious Right. But the new found interest comes with a tinge of irony.
Evangelicals in the last 20 years have made pains to preach the supposed apocalyptic story of Revelation. The Left Behind series has sold more books than any other. In short, Evangelicals are convinced that in the relatively near future, things are going to hell--after the rapture, of course!
So it probably comes as a surprise that Evangelicals are hopping on board the historically liberal fight against climate change--after all, isn't the climate doomed to burn in holy fire?
Maybe the Christians have moderated their eschatological roots. Or maybe they're just tired of losing.
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