How green is your god?

Were Adam and Eve tree-huggers? The Book of Genesis says that in the beginning God placed man as guardian over the earth, but somewhere along the line he obviously let his responsibilities slip.

Last weekend the Vatican jumped on the environmental bandwagon and held its first eco-rally in which Benedict XVI (dressed suitably in green) called on global leaders to save the planet.


Of course the Vatican can do this with a clear conscious given its upcoming status as 'the world's only carbon neutral state'. For that it has to thank a Hungarian organisation thats donated 15 hectares of carbon hungry forest that will gobble up that Vatican nasty emmissions for years to come (read the online article here).

But I'm questioning just how seriously the Vatican takes saving our planet.

Surely if the environment really was a major concern for them and they want to carry out god's word and be guardians of the earth they would be encouraging pilgrims to take more environmentally friendly methods of transport rather than launching a new fossil fuel guzzling budget airline...

From where I sit it looks like Benedict's trying to boost god's popularity by aligning the church with a cause we've all been concerned about for a while now, whilst boosting god's coffers by entering directly into competition with RyanAir and other budget carriers flying those pilgrimage routes.

Theres no doubt about it. Religion truly is twisted