昆虫学者 Edward O. Wilsonの "The Creation" を読み始めました。
I am puzzled that so many religious leaders, who spiritually represent a large majority of people around the world, have hesitated to make protection of the Creation an important part of their magisterium. Do they believe that human-centered ethics and preparation for the afterlife are the only things that matter? Even more perplexing is the widespread conviction among Christians that the Second Coming is imminent, and that therefore the condition of the planet is of little consequence.
キリスト教信者の言う "Second Coming" とはキリストの再臨と推測できますが、英語でこの様な表現とは知らなかったので辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: The prophesied return of Christ to earth at the Last Judgment.: The Second Coming of Christ is largely a neglected subject in many churches.
・Collins Dictionary: When Christians refer to the second coming, they mean the expected return to Earth of Jesus Christ.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: the return of Jesus Christ to earth from heaven that Christians expect will happen one day
I am puzzled that so many religious leaders, who spiritually represent a large majority of people around the world, have hesitated to make protection of the Creation an important part of their magisterium. Do they believe that human-centered ethics and preparation for the afterlife are the only things that matter? Even more perplexing is the widespread conviction among Christians that the Second Coming is imminent, and that therefore the condition of the planet is of little consequence.
キリスト教信者の言う "Second Coming" とはキリストの再臨と推測できますが、英語でこの様な表現とは知らなかったので辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: The prophesied return of Christ to earth at the Last Judgment.: The Second Coming of Christ is largely a neglected subject in many churches.
・Collins Dictionary: When Christians refer to the second coming, they mean the expected return to Earth of Jesus Christ.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: the return of Jesus Christ to earth from heaven that Christians expect will happen one day
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