On Plastic Righteousness

Plastic reduction seems to be the cause of the moment. It has even been advocated by The Church of England for Lent. Although this is something of a bandwagon, it is presumably a good one, provided that it is recalled that plastic is a good gift of God. How many life saving medical procedures, for example, involve the use of plastic?

No one would of course be foolish enough to think that plastic use is necessarily sinful. Nor that it is the only or the most important sin.

Sure, seek to use less plastic, great. But remember that doing so does not constitute Righteousness. In fact, it is a small and probably *relatively* unimportant aspect of loving God and loving your neighbour. We should seek to use less plastic, but we must not neglect the weightier matters of the Law.