When I first read the headline to this NY Times article: "Evangelical Leaders Join Global Warming Initiative" I was like, holy shit, those fuckers came around on this! And then I thought, wait, this isn't a 'religious thing' like being gay or god forbid letting said gays be married! This is about the planet getting warmer and us having some effect on speeding up that process.
Among signers of the statement, which will be released in Washington on Wednesday, are the presidents of 39 evangelical colleges, leaders of aid groups and churches, like the Salvation Army, and pastors of megachurches, including Rick Warren, author of the best seller "The Purpose-Driven Life."
Eighty-six signers in all to this initiative.
But twenty-two evangelical leaders who signed a similar, and by similar, I mean the absolute opposite, letter, are probably not too pleased. In January, they made their own declaration
"Global warming is not a consensus issue." Among the signers were Charles W. Colson, the founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries; James C. Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family; and Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.Unfortunatly, it basically is. By everyone. Except those twenty-two people and the Bush administration. Great minds think alike. Feeble minds puddle together.
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