Is global warming happening? I heard an interview NPR did with Tim Flannery, an Australian palentologist who was a global warming skeptic until he studied the data himself, and he's now written a book, The Weather Makers. He said that human civilization has caused the average worldwide temperature to increase, and that the polar ice caps are significantly melting. Yet I've heard of scientists who disagree, and President Bush's administration hasn't signed the Kyoto treaty because they don't think the scientific evidence for global warming is convincing enough. It seems you can find scientists on both sides of this issue, but if its really happening then something needs to be done.
Where are the Christians in this discussion? Why is it that we in the evangelical church seem so slow to see ecological and environmental problems? We have much better, deeper motivation for caring for the earth - its the Lord's, not ours to trash, and we have confidence that humanity can creatively meet the ecological problems we face because we're made in the image of a creative Creator.
Which science is good science? What is true in the discussion? Where are the voices for responsible stewarding of the natural creation--voices for valuing and tending creation, for using it without abusing it?
Let's plan an Earth day event this April...
Posted by swanson at mars 30, 2006 11:17 EM | TrackBack