Are you a CFC - a Carbon Free Catholic?

Religious groups see environmentalism as moral issue

And some see environmentalism as the newest religion...

Paper plates are out at the Unitarian Universalist Society's potluck dinners.
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The congregation watched Al Gore's documentary on climate change called "An Inconvenient Truth" in January.

...and they saw the light, courtesy of Mr. Carbon Credit himself...

Instead of giving up chocolate for Lent, Catholics in Portland, Ore., are going on a 40-day carbon-emission diet, said Meg O'Brien, a member of St. Andrew parish.

The goal is for each member to reduce the emission of 5,000 pounds of carbon by making sacrifices like not driving on the weekends or switching to energy-efficient light bulbs.

Sally Vance-Trembeth, a Catholic theologian, said her commitment to the environment led her to give up her snowblower when she taught at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.

"Before we moved out to San Francisco, I was in the process of converting our large lawn into a prairie," Vance-Trembeth said in an e-mail.

Giving up the snowblower? What a sacrifice! Personally, I prefer a tractor with a blade.

I have used energy efficient bulbs for a few year - not only because of the energy usage reduction but primarily, because I do not have to change bulbs every couple of months...

Catholic Bishop Thomas Wenski of the Orlando Diocese, which includes Volusia County, has weighed in on the national debate on global warming. "To do nothing could be dangerous and costly to the flourishing of humankind on the planet," Wenski said in a public statement.

What is proven to be more dangerous to mankind is the rampant moral breakdown and decay in society due to abortion, contraception, homosexuality, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, relativism, socialism, secular humanism, and on and on...

But, just in case, maybe we ought to stock up on some carbon offsets like Gore and Edwards...just to be, you know, carbon neutral...