Scientists Make Anti-Global Warming Case
650 of them in fact, last December. Did you get an eyeful of the media coverage of this event? What? You don’t recal hearing about this? What a surprise.
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By danzac, February 12, 2009 @ 1:16 pm
Anti-global warming, or anti-humans-are-causing-the-warming?
I’ve always been a firm environmentalist ever since I was young. When I later became a Christian and asked what God thought of his creation, it reaffirmed and strengthened my resolve. My point is this: Christians should not need science to tell them to care for God’s creation. If the science 100% confirms that global warming is due to sun spots and solar flares, this does not change in the slightest my conviction that I (and Christ’s church) need to be active agents in caring for the Earth. Science does not and should not dictate Christian ethics. Rivers are drying up, clean water is becoming more scarce, our air is more polluted, we are putting toxins in the ground and in our food and in our bodies- this is all reality and it should impact how we interact with the Earth, especially we who believe our Maker has told us to fill the earth and subdue it. We’ve chosen to “subdue” it like a wrestler, putting it in a chokehold to squeeze out its resources, when we should be acting more like bee-keepers. We have a limited amount of resources that need to feed the whole world, not just the rich who live in the developed world.
I would hate for Christians to read these types of reports (or your blog post) and just assume that this “green” kick is a royal waste of time. It isn’t, even if some people are trying to motivate us with bad science. I prefer to motivate bible believers with God’s Word, concern for others (especially the poor who are the most affected by this) and desire to care for God’s handiwork.
pax, Danny
By MSH, February 12, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
@danzac: The issue isn’t stewardship of the environment — that is indeed a Christian obligation stemming from the dominion mandate of Genesis. The issue is the contrivance of causation. Few scientists (I don’t actually recall any — but there is some shift to global cooling) would deny there is climate change. MANY, though, contrary to Al Gore and the popular media, would object to the idea that its causation is human. This idea will be used, though, for massive redistribution of wealth on a global scale, and to ensure that the Third World stays the Third World.
By danzac, February 14, 2009 @ 7:08 pm
I’d like to hear more of your thoughts on this. How precisely would this keep the poor down?
By MSH, February 16, 2009 @ 11:53 am
@danzac: simple: Third World countries would be (and presently are) forbidden from undergoing their own industrial revolution.