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| God will not intervene to prevent humanity from wreaking disastrous damage to the environment, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. | God will not intervene to prevent humanity from wreaking disastrous damage to the environment, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. |
| In a lecture, Dr Rowan Williams urged a "radical change of heart" to prevent runaway climate change. | In a lecture, Dr Rowan Williams urged a "radical change of heart" to prevent runaway climate change. |
| At York Minster he said humanity should turn away from the selfishness and greed that leads it to ignore its interdependence with the natural world. | At York Minster he said humanity should turn away from the selfishness and greed that leads it to ignore its interdependence with the natural world. |
| And God would not guarantee a "happy ending", he warned. | And God would not guarantee a "happy ending", he warned. |
| Dr Williams has often spoken out about environmental issues. | Dr Williams has often spoken out about environmental issues. |
| 'Ultimate tragedy' | 'Ultimate tragedy' |
| Speaking on Wednesday he said just as God gave humans free will to do "immeasurable damage" to themselves as individuals it seemed "clear" they had the same "terrible freedom" as a human race. | Speaking on Wednesday he said just as God gave humans free will to do "immeasurable damage" to themselves as individuals it seemed "clear" they had the same "terrible freedom" as a human race. |
| "I think that to suggest that God might intervene to protect us from the corporate folly of our practices is as unchristian and unbiblical as to suggest that he protects us from the results of our individual folly or sin," he said. | "I think that to suggest that God might intervene to protect us from the corporate folly of our practices is as unchristian and unbiblical as to suggest that he protects us from the results of our individual folly or sin," he said. |
| "God's faithfulness stands, assuring us that even in the most appalling disaster love will not let us go - but it will not be a safety net that guarantees a happy ending in this world." | "God's faithfulness stands, assuring us that even in the most appalling disaster love will not let us go - but it will not be a safety net that guarantees a happy ending in this world." |
| Without a change of heart, Dr Williams warned, the world faced a number of "doomsday scenarios" including the "ultimate tragedy" of humanity gradually "choked, drowned, or starved by its own stupidity." | Without a change of heart, Dr Williams warned, the world faced a number of "doomsday scenarios" including the "ultimate tragedy" of humanity gradually "choked, drowned, or starved by its own stupidity." |
| The poorest and most vulnerable and our children and grandchildren would pay the heaviest price for climate change, he added. | The poorest and most vulnerable and our children and grandchildren would pay the heaviest price for climate change, he added. |
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