It is funny you should say "Read your history." My degree is in history with a focus on Christianity from the first to fourth centuries, and I was the lead researcher on several documentaries about the Bible. Feel free to refer to my IMDB page; if you require more credentials I'm sure I've got several pages analyzing both canonical Biblical works and apocryphal works kicking around somewhere on my hard drive.
What you are describing is a specific element of Christianity that is especially seen in certain stripes of the Evangelical movement that have taken hold primarily in the southern United States. They've got very effective PR and SEO, which leads to many Americans believing that the evangelical movement is the be-all and end-all of Christianity. However, the evangelical movement is (in the history of Christianity) quite recent and its entanglement with the Republican party and its ideals far more so, really dating from the Reagan era. For Christian movements with a strong emphasis on environmentalism, I suggest referring to the Seventh Day Adventists. I also suggest reading this article from TreeHugger.
You seem to indicate that Christianity is the only religion that requires belief in things that can't be proved. Isn't that pretty much the definition of religion?
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What you are describing is a specific element of Christianity that is especially seen in certain stripes of the Evangelical movement that have taken hold primarily in the southern United States. They've got very effective PR and SEO, which leads to many Americans believing that the evangelical movement is the be-all and end-all of Christianity. However, the evangelical movement is (in the history of Christianity) quite recent and its entanglement with the Republican party and its ideals far more so, really dating from the Reagan era. For Christian movements with a strong emphasis on environmentalism, I suggest referring to the Seventh Day Adventists. I also suggest reading this article from TreeHugger.
You seem to indicate that Christianity is the only religion that requires belief in things that can't be proved. Isn't that pretty much the definition of religion?