top of page
Search

Biblical Justifications for America’s Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement from a Vegan Perspective. By Dr. Chapman Chen

Writer's picture: Chapman ChenChapman Chen


On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. From a vegan biblical perspective, America's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement was justified because:

  1. The agreement ignores the largest contributor to environmental destruction—animal agriculture.

  2. It unfairly punishes certain nations (like the U.S.) while allowing China to pollute freely.

  3. True environmental justice requires a plant-based lifestyle, aligning with God’s original creation.


Here are biblical verses that support these points:


1. God’s Original Diet Was Vegan—Yet the Paris Agreement Ignores This Solution

📖 Genesis 1:29-30"Then God said, ‘Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.’ And it was so."

The most effective climate solution is a plant-based diet, yet the Paris Agreement ignores this biblical principle.

Meat and dairy industries cause more pollution than all transportation combined, yet world leaders refuse to address this issue.

✔ America should withdraw from agreements that are politically motivated rather than scientifically sound.


2. The Paris Agreement is an Unjust and Unfair Deal

📖 Proverbs 11:1"A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is His delight."

✔ The Paris Agreement favors China, allowing it to pollute freely until 2030, while the U.S. must cut emissions immediately.

China is the biggest polluter, yet pays almost nothing into the Green Climate Fund (GCF), while the U.S. has paid billions.

God condemns unfair systems—America was right to withdraw from an agreement that disadvantages its people.


📖 Isaiah 10:1-2"Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed."

Factory farming and deforestation harm the poor the most, yet the Paris Agreement ignores this.

China profits from pollution while America is punished—this is an oppressive decree, not true environmental justice.


3. The Earth Suffers Because of Sin, Including Factory Farming

📖 Hosea 4:1-3"Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the inhabitants of the land: There is no truth, no kindness, and no knowledge of God in the land. There is cursing, lying, murder, theft, and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and even the fish of the sea perish."

The land suffers because of human sin, including deforestation, pollution, and mass killing of animals.

Factory farms cause mass extinction—yet the Paris Agreement doesn’t even mention animal agriculture.

America should not support agreements that refuse to address the root cause of environmental destruction.


4. God Condemns the Slaughter of Animals—Which is a Leading Cause of Climate Change

📖 Isaiah 66:3"Whoever kills an ox is like one who kills a person."

📖 Proverbs 12:10"The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel."

✔ The meat industry is built on cruelty, mass killing, and environmental devastation.

✔ Instead of banning factory farming, the Paris Agreement lets China continue to expand its meat industry while America is punished.


5. Hypocrisy of Global Leaders—Jesus Condemns Their False Righteousness

📖 Matthew 23:27-28"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and all uncleanness."

World leaders claim to fight climate change, but refuse to address the meat industry—the real problem.China and other nations virtue-signal while continuing to pollute.America is right to reject agreements that are full of hypocrisy.


6. God Will Judge Those Who Destroy the Earth

📖 Revelation 11:18"The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your people who revere your name, both great and small— and for destroying those who destroy the earth."

China’s mass industrial expansion and pollution will not go unpunished.God will hold corrupt nations accountable for their lies and deception.✔ The U.S. should not be part of a corrupt global system that allows the worst offenders to escape justice.


Conclusion: America Was Right to Leave the Paris Agreement

✔ The Paris Agreement ignores the role of animal agriculture, which is the largest contributor to deforestation and emissions.

✔ The agreement unfairly punishes the U.S. while allowing China to pollute freely.✔ The Bible condemns hypocrisy, injustice, and false balances, all of which exist in the Paris Agreement.

✔ True environmental justice requires veganism and animal compassion, not political games.


💬 Final Question: Should America return to the Paris Agreement, or is it better to lead the world toward real environmental solutions, such as a plant-based economy? 🚨

14 views0 comments

Opmerkingen


  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

©2019 by Hong Kong Bilingual News 香江日報. Proudly created with Wix.com

bottom of page