From fce5af0c7fa6311de699743d86d38dcdef5ecdea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Carstairs Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 10:36:34 +0100 Subject: David's comments 2026-06-09 --- chapter2.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'chapter2.md') diff --git a/chapter2.md b/chapter2.md index a9be8a5..0ce5fdf 100644 --- a/chapter2.md +++ b/chapter2.md @@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ degenerate into despair. This has led many people to think that this catastrophism is the root cause of the problem. Some have even labelled this trope 'apocalypticism' and thus blamed the apocalyptic imagination, accusing apocalypse as being life-denying, -pessimistic, quietist, destructive, and hopeless. +pessimistic, quietist, destructive, and hopeless. They point out that while +catastrophic narratives often place the catastrophe in a sudden event in the +near future, green issues such as climate change are often gradual, continuous +events which have already started. In fact, the Apocalypse of St John is very different from catastrophism. -- cgit v1.2.3