![]() I have had (for reasons that aren’t relevant here) a less than stellar opinion of Millet in the past this statement, then, was for me a pleasant surprise. But they aren’t and being willing to participate along with evangelicals and others in what is shaping up to be a major cultural event in the lives of a huge number of American Christians shows, I think, sensitivity and good sense. ![]() Evangelicals too often get a bad rap in certain Mormon forums, perhaps because the worthy and important efforts of FARMS has unfortunately made it easy to think that every Protestant who disagrees with us must be shouting from the anti-Mormon barricades. He’s quoted as saying: “If evangelicals are right, this will impact the Christian world in a way few things have, so for us to ignore it is a bit of a slap in the face.” I find that a wonderfully ecumenical statement, in the best sense: it shows a willingness to recognize that our own standards and decisions in regards to expressing and preserving our “Mormonness” should not be made without a concern for recognizing and respecting the views of other believers. This is Jesus Christ.” What I found most interesting though, were his comments on evangelicals. He calls it “a sincere effort by people, both Christian and non-Christian, to show there was a tremendous price paid by Christ for our sins,” and adds: “It seems to me that a mature approach to this issue would entail thinking through the principles that the leaders of church have taught us concerning what we ought to view and not to view…This isn’t Freddy Krueger. Millet–who, he says, doesn’t “normally” see R-rated movies– is going to a preview showing next week, with other Utah clergy, including other LDS leaders (I wish the article had said who). The more straightforward Deseret News article on showings of “The Passion” in Utah is here.) This one has some notable nuggets in it though, because Professor Robert Millet (the BYU religion professor they managed to get on the phone) was willing to elaborate at some length on why he’s going to see the movie. (I always love these articles by the way, because they differ not a whit in their form from the sort of articles we often had to write back at The Daily Universe: call up some random religion professor–it was usually a religion professor–and get them to talk on the record about what everybody had already beaten to death in elder’s quorum the week before. 29 in Indianapolis.Another one of those typical “what-do-the-Mormons-think?” articles this morning in the Deseret News, this one on “The Passion of the Christ” and the supposed challenge which its R-rating poses for members of the church. Mittermeier, the chief conservation officer of the Global Conservation Fund, has discovered 18 new species and preserved millions of acres of habitat around the globe.īoth will be honored at the Indianapolis Prize Gala presented by Cummins, Inc. He as earned several other honors, including the Founders' Award from Conservation International, the World Ecology Award from the International Center for Tropical Ecology, the Global Citizen Award from the Center for Health and Global Environment, and a Lindbergh Award for his efforts to balance technology and nature.įord's latest recognition comes just one month after he congratulated his longtime friend, Russ Mittermeier, for being selected as the winner of the 2018 Indianapolis Prize. This recognition is not Ford's first in the world of conservation. Jane Alexander herself was the inaugural winner of the award the first time it was bestowed in 2012. The future of farming: These Hoosier farmers are it.įord follows in the footsteps of stage and screen star Sigourney Weaver, who received the Global Wildlife Ambassador award in 2016 for her dedication to the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. If we end the ability of a health natural world to sustain humanity, nothing else will matter." Our children's education and potential won't matter. "Jobs won't matter. Our economies won't matter. "If we don't stop the destruction of nature, nothing else will matter," he continued. It's about the other world we're going to leave behind." "It's not about me it's not about me at all. "I care deeply for the natural world," Ford said in a release by the Indy Prize. He also narrated The Ocean, a feature as part of Conservation International's "Nature is Speaking" film series to invite "the human race to listen to nature." His work has also taken him out of suits and into hiking boots.įord traveled to Indonesia to better understand the challenges of deforestation, taking viewers along with him in Showtime's Years of Living Dangerously documentary television series.
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