waterdog
03-11-2008, 12:34 AM
Southern Baptist say they have been "too timid" (translation= WRONG) on environmental issues and global warming.
NEW YORK - In a major shift, a group of Southern Baptist leaders said their denomination has been "too timid" on environmental issues and has a biblical duty to stop global warming.
The declaration, signed by the president of the Southern Baptist Convention among others and released Monday, shows a growing urgency about climate change even within groups that once dismissed claims of an overheating planet as a liberal ruse. The conservative denomination has 16.3 million members and is the largest Protestant group in the U.S.
The signers of "A Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change" acknowledged that not all Christians accept the science behind global warming. They said they do not expect fellow believers to back any proposed solutions that would violate Scripture, such as advocating population control through abortion.
However, the leaders said that current evidence of global warming is "substantial," and that the threat is too grave to wait for perfect knowledge about whether, or how much, people contribute to the trend.
See full article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_us/southern_baptists_environment;_ylt=AogDA.SeT6rky6x AzI46.H9pl88F
It appears that maybe the typical Conservative pattern of denial is changing. :woot About damn time they woke up! :yep
"A biblical duty to stop global warming" .......
My dear God, what are Ringo and Wabash going to do now? :loser How will they be able to continue their irrational denial, now that conservative religious leaders have recognized that global warming is real and the science solid? :shrug2
NEW YORK - In a major shift, a group of Southern Baptist leaders said their denomination has been "too timid" on environmental issues and has a biblical duty to stop global warming.
The declaration, signed by the president of the Southern Baptist Convention among others and released Monday, shows a growing urgency about climate change even within groups that once dismissed claims of an overheating planet as a liberal ruse. The conservative denomination has 16.3 million members and is the largest Protestant group in the U.S.
The signers of "A Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change" acknowledged that not all Christians accept the science behind global warming. They said they do not expect fellow believers to back any proposed solutions that would violate Scripture, such as advocating population control through abortion.
However, the leaders said that current evidence of global warming is "substantial," and that the threat is too grave to wait for perfect knowledge about whether, or how much, people contribute to the trend.
See full article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_us/southern_baptists_environment;_ylt=AogDA.SeT6rky6x AzI46.H9pl88F
It appears that maybe the typical Conservative pattern of denial is changing. :woot About damn time they woke up! :yep
"A biblical duty to stop global warming" .......
My dear God, what are Ringo and Wabash going to do now? :loser How will they be able to continue their irrational denial, now that conservative religious leaders have recognized that global warming is real and the science solid? :shrug2