But .... inconveniencing myself? I'd rather just not observer my own declared religious rites. :-P
--BenD Judith Dinowitz wrote: > I liked one comment on that article. Someone suggested that these people not > use their cars on Shabbos -- which will save far more in emissions and > create a kiddush Hashem (a sanctification of God's name)... But I guess they > don't think logically, or they'd already have figured that out. > > For goodness sakes, why go after Judaism (or Christianity)? Why not urge > people to light one less cigarette instead? Or go after deisel and gas > companies to get them to make cleaner fuel? > > Judith > > On Dec 4, 2007 2:07 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There are also movements out there to reduce the amount of candles >> used during the Christian Advent season... >> >> >> http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1195546797524&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull >> >> 'Green Hanukkia' campaign sparks ire >> By GIL HOFFMAN >> >> In a campaign that has spread like wildfire across the Internet, a >> group of Israeli environmentalists is encouraging Jews around the >> world to light at least one less candle this Hanukka to help the >> environment. >> >> The founders of the Green Hanukkia campaign found that every candle >> that burns completely produces 15 grams of carbon dioxide. If an >> estimated one million Israeli households light for eight days, they >> said, it would do significant damage to the atmosphere. >> >> "The campaign calls for Jews around the world to save the last candle >> and save the planet, so we won't need another miracle," said Liad >> Ortar, the campaign's cofounder, who runs the Arkada environmental >> consulting firm and the Ynet Web site's environmental forum. "Global >> warming is a milestone in human evolution that requires us to rethink >> how we live our lives, and one of the main paradigms of that is >> religion and how it fits into the current situation." >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247657 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
