"I don't think God will ask us how he created the earth, but he will ask us what we did with what he created." So said Richard Cizik, vice-president of the NAE in the New York Times, quoted on Speaking of Faith. Cizik has been "converted" to believing that global warming exists, and that evangelicals should do something about it, comparing the churches' relative silence to that during the civil rights struggle.
Interestingly, he has been castigated by Senator Inhofe, from my home state of Oklahoma. Inhofe says that Cizik and the NAE have been "'led down a liberal path' by environmentalists and others who have convinced the group that issues like poverty and the environment are worth their efforts."
Global warming aside, convinced that poverty is worth their efforts? I suppose that means Jesus was a liberal. I hope that the NY Times has taken Inhofe out of context.
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Lance -
On global warming - you might want to check out an interview the Wall Street Journal conducted with Dr. Richard Lindzen, a professor of meterology at MIT, on how this issue has become political. It is about 1/3 down in this site - http://www.opinionjournal.com/jer/?id=110008377
You might also check out a BreakPoint commentary at http://www.breakpoint.org/listingarticle.asp?ID=1390 ; and the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance's site at http://www.interfaithstewardship.org ; especially note their 'Cornwall Declaration'. Colson and ISA are concerned that the global warming issue is questionable science and is diverting attention and resources from proven strategies that save lives and improve the living conditions of the poor.
<>< Ron Troup; rltroup@netzero.net
Lance--I'm enjoying poking around the blog. I found this when in my spare time today, I googled you--truly an honor for you (unless you consider I also googled Pee-Wee Herman).
Keep it up!
Mike Jordan
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