{"id":1454,"date":"2010-12-23T14:12:07","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T21:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2010-12-23T14:23:25","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T21:23:25","slug":"this-is-not-a-joke-resisting-the-green-dragon-religious-right-attacks-environmentalism-as-deadly-and-destructive-in-new-dvd-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=1454","title":{"rendered":"THIS IS NOT A JOKE. ‘Resisting The Green Dragon’: Religious Right Attacks Environmentalism As ‘Deadly’ And ‘Destructive’ In New DVD Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 23, 2010-by Travis Walter Donovan in the Huffington Post<\/strong>–<\/p>\n

Various conservative Christian leaders have united with the Cornwall Alliance for the release of a shocking new 12-part DVD series, “Resisting The Green Dragon<\/a>,” that attempts to debase and discredit the environmental movement by portraying it as “one of the greatest deceptions of our day” that is “seducing your children” and “striving to put America and the world under its destructive control.”<\/p>\n

The hyperbolic accusations spewed throughout the video give it the appearance of a ridiculous parody, calling environmentalism “deadly,” a “cult” and a “spiritual deception.” Unfortunately, the comical PSA is anything but a joke.<\/p>\n

In the video, David Barton, founder of WallBuilders, attests that environmentalists’ “false assertions are based more on their own morbid pessimistic fears, not on any good science,” while the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Dr. Richard Land, says, “Environmentalists have a long history of believing and promoting exaggerations and myths” — statements both so steeped in irony that they are hardly worth parrying.<\/p>\n

From the series’ press release:<\/p>\n

“One of the greatest threats to society and the church today is the multifaceted environmentalist movement,” says Cornwall Alliance founder and national spokesman Dr. E. Calvin Beisner. “There isn’t an aspect of life that it doesn’t seek to force into its own mold.”<\/p>\n

RightWingWatch.org<\/a> put together the following highlight reel from “Resisting The Green Dragon.” What do you think of the DVD series? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n