Thou shalt help to save the planet, Mothers’ Union tells its 3.6m flock
The Times, one of the most conservative papers in the UK, is saying Thou shalt help to save the planet, Mothers’ Union tells its 3.6m flock.
The Mothers’ Union, a powerful Christian pressure group of 3.6 million members within the worldwide Anglican Communion, has issued its own Ten Commandments in a new drive to help the world’s poor and to fight against climate change. It takes as its text the Old Testament prophet Micah, who urged the Israelites to “act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God”.
It’s fantastic to see that not all Christian groups are happy to sit back and wait for their Rapture to engulf us all.
Suggestions include shopping by public transport, refusing to buy out-of-season fruit and vegetables flown halfway around the world — unless they carry a Fairtrade label — buying less meat and more second-hand clothes, and re-using plastic shopping bags. Mothers en masse can make a difference, the union believes.
It’s such a powerful point they make, that millions of people making small changes to their lives can bring about a huge change. — DS
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