Thou shalt have mutuality and interdependence

Unlike the ShadowLands, the Uniting Church's submission to the Green Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme was accepted and is now available for perusal. Among other predictable things, it turns out the Uniting Churchers are against using nuclear power - despite its credentials as an all natural phenomenon.

The Uniting Churchers also seem to have a very flexible interpretation of the Bible. Here is what the Bible says:

Genesis 1:26 "Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." . . . Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

And here is what the Uniting Church says:

"The Uniting Church’s commitment to the environment arises out of the Christian belief that God, as the Creator of the universe, calls us into a special relationship with the environment – a relationship of mutuality and interdependence which seeks the reconciliation of all creation with God. We believe that God’s will for the earth is renewal and reconciliation, not destruction by human beings."