The group Christian Climate Action are among the Extinction Rebellion protesters today in London, blocking Parliament Square, right outside Big Ben.
Ruth Jarman from the group told Premier: “We’re basically declaring a climate emergency and we’re calling on the government to respond to the scientists.
“The head of the UN said in September the world has two years to turn its economy around to a stat that supports life on earth, otherwise we could be facing our own extinction. This wasn’t a tree-hugger like me who said that, that was the Head of the UN who really knows what’s going on.”
She added:”There has been no response from this government as far as I can see.
“They’re making the economy the number one thing…and it’s having policies that put economic growth above everything else. It’s like an idol, it’s like putting mammon before God, I think, because it’s putting economy and growth before the ability to have a liveable planet.”
When asked what makes the group distinctly Christian, Ruth replied: “We pray before the meetings, during the meetings, before every action – we’ve just prayed now together so it’s a bit of public witness as well.”
“We feel called by God to protect creation…God told Adam to care and preserve the garden so we think its a particularly Christian…
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