Maybe if you Baptists would stop desecrating and overpopulating it you could actually live into that little commandment. 

Linda McMillan
Austin

Where do you get off discerning the motives of others.  Did Al Gore tell you that he doesn’t care what he preaches about?  Did Rev. Sharpton?  Or did you just make that up?  Shame on you.  You don’t know what motivates people.  You can’t see into their hearts.

I am not upset with you.  I just think your story is pretty weak… along with your morals.

Linda McMillan
Austin, Texas

The resistance to this issue comes from our oil and gas industry and rightfully so. They gain the most from the use of CO2 producing energy. They could loose big time if people go to renewable sources of energy. Who better to get to champion their cause than people who do not believe in science?

It is sad to see my fellow Christians being led around by the nose by greedy individuals. This war in Iraq is also a trumped up effort by our oil and gas industry to keep us supplied with oil.

God bless you; but you are being used.

1) I want a passion like Al Gore.  Nope, I’m not an Al Gore fan, a Democrat, nor a liberal.  But, I must admit that I wish my life was driven by the same type of passion Al Gore has for Global Warming. 

2) Gore’s book/presentation clearly is based upon a theory...evolution.  This leads me to wonder if CO2/greenhouse gases are the villains.

3) We need a global effort including all races and economical classes and come to a conclusion that respects us all. 

4) I am afraid that global warming may take a higher place than feeding the hungry, cleaning our water sources and making our air clean in order to promote a better quality of life.

God gave us this planet and made us responsible to manage it.  I want to be a good steward.  The Church (as in capital C) and the churches of the world must work together to better our planet...good stewards of the physical and the spiritual.

I am an environment supporter. I think Global Warming is a crisis. However, I do agree that it is theory as far as the extent of the damage we have done, but I think it is fact we are damaging are environment. Is an oil spill not disastrous? Would you want to swim downstream of a toxic waste facility? What about all those incidences in New Jersey? Do you want to live on a atomic bomb testing site? Or try breathing while standing on top of one of those thousands of smokestacks we see at power plants across the country.

Nuclear power? Well what do you do about the waste? If we really don’t harm the environment then why don’t you just eat the radioactive waste.

In history the earth never delt with a life form so capable of changing their own environment. The old laws of cyclic climatic change no longer apply to us.

Larry McCoy

Drive cleaner more efficient cars, recycle, make sure your tires are full of air, or do just a fraction of the million things you can do to help minimize your impact on the enviornment and you will have done something positive.

If you don’t believe climate change and pollution is a result of human activity, the question is: do you really want to take the chance with your children’s future that maybe you are wrong?

Its not that hard to change your lifestyle just a little to do some good. . . . and no bible passages are neccessary

But I don’t understand something. If he is so for saving the earth, why isn’t his book printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper? He takes a large number of images & words and BLOWS THEM UP, making them take up more paper. If he truly cares for the environment, that is a major detail he would paid attention to.

And, yeah, the concerts were a fun way to raise awareness on the issues, but they were a waste of energy. There are other ways to raise awareness besides having concerts all over the country. Think of all the planes they used, vehicles to transport everything, etc… Details are crucial! Especially for this cause!

Are you saying that you do not believe that global climate change is happening?  Do you think that we have plenty of energy and that the environment is in good shape?

Don’t just take slap shots at Al Gore… I don’t care what you think about him… tell me what you really think.

Lindy

Surprisingly most scientists (more that 90% depending on where you look) agree global warming with some level of human impact is real and happening.

For those that deny global warming, are you really willingly to take the risk that you might be wrong? Or are you too lazy to make change. Change is hard, but it is necessary. Thats how societies advance and thats why America needs determined progressives who aren’t afraid to make change.

If Al Gore really had a passion for this Global warming issue, I would think it would cause him to live differently. Anyone seen the comparison been the house in which Al Gore lives and President’s personal home on his ranch. Make the comparison and tell me who is talking and who is living in the care of our natural resources - with or without “Global Warming.”

As for Al Gore and the president, there’s not much of a comparison as far as environmental impact goes.  Let’s take a look at the bigger picture:  Gore has bought carbon credits to offset his pollution, and has influenced thousands, maybe millions of people to change their lifestyles in an environmentally friendly way.  What had Bush, on the other hand, done for Mother Earth?  Well, not much worth mentioning here.

A long time ago, we basically just used animals for resources.  Well, we didn;t need to worry about that, there would be more of them in a few years, right?  Then we decided to use trees for cabins and things like that.  Well, why worry?  The trees will grow back in a a few decades or so.  Now, we use coal, and that’s something that won’t grow back so fast (try a few hundreds of millions of years).  We’re making chemical imbalances in our environment that are nearly irreversible.

Now, about those underwater volcanoes.  Well, they’ve been around quite a while, but for some reason it is just now that the Earth is warming up.  Care to explain that?

I like to treat people with respect, too.  And honest to God, I do respect your opinion, and I really hope you’re right.  I do.  It’s just that, just in case this little thing called global warming comes true, I don’t want to see respected people like you and I with respected opinions feeling sorry because we waited too long to take action for ourselves, plants, and animals.

And for the trees, deserts are expanding due to human processes and the rainforests have been depleted due to human processes. The carbon levels in the atmosphere have increased and there was a giant hole in the ozone layer . . . all due to human processes.

And for the human life part of this, we live here, pollution and what not contributes to the high rates of cancer and respiratory illness. Just ask anyone from New Jersey about toxic waste

The trees we’re planting aren’t really helping.  Many tree are watered, fertilized, and tended to daily, which is detrimental to the environment, and most trees in mid to high latitudes can actually make things warmer.  What we need to do is preserve ecosystems as they are and work to keep what little balance is left in the earth.

And many scientists do believe in human involvement in global warming. As long as some believe that I am inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt, because with the impending consequences, I can’t really afford to ignore them. But the most important thing is to act. Regardless of your view on global warming specifically, I think we can all agree that humans greatly influence the planet we live on to serve our own human needs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY

I found it terribly difficult to read your unsubstantiated comments that are filled with fear and a lack desire to give up any control yourself.  Do you honestly think the problems lie with liberals?  Is it your place to say that ‘Christians’ can’t be environmentalists?  Based on the Doctrine of Creation alone, one can easily appeal to the Christian NECESSITY of caring for God’s earth if only on the score of it also showing our love for God.  And furthermore, classism is huge in the US.  The huge variance between the poorest and the richest is amongst the worst in the world.  I’m sure you can’t fully attribute that to liberals - although, from the sounds of it, I’m guessing you’d try.  Point is: the environment is not and should not be a liberal or a conservative issue; it’s an ethical issue.  An ethical issue that Christians should definitely partake in, as God has given humanity a huge task in caring for this very diverse and beautiful planet!

Even you must admit that the fate of the earth and all that lives in and on it is an issue that transcends politics.

If you have scientific evidence from credible sources to refute claims of man’s influence on global warming, let’s hear them. If you have a political axe to grind, that’s another matter entirely.

You claim that it’s more about power than the environment. Apparently you want your power, and to heck with my environment. Hmmmm.

Additionally, overpopulation is mostly considered an environmental issue for multiple reasons: 1)Population is highly concentrated in many areas where resources were once abundant, now those local resources are depleted and those once fertile areas are polluted;

While I’m not sure Al Gore is the model we need to follow, as I think he is more talk that action looking at the way he lives, the question is valid, can we sustain the American way of life?

I do think there is a point where that answer is no.  Do I know where that point is?  No.  But I think if the whole planet begins to catch up with US style consumerism, that the problem will rapidly grow.

I try to keep things as long as I can, so my daily driver car is a 1994 Geo Prizm (Toyota Corolla with a Chevy badge) with 214,xxx miles, that averages about 32MPG.  My wife’s car is a Camry with 173,xxx miles.

I don’t think this is a Democrats good and Republicans bad issue as many choose to frame it.  I think there are plenty of Democrats who are in the party because of labor ties, and they drive V8 pickups and tow the boat, etc and have a carbon footprint that would make many Republicans look like the Amish in comparison.

I think there is a legitimate call for making sure we are good stewards of our environment. 

Also, I have a hard time believing that all of these families can afford the stuff they have.  Are they in debt to buy all these things, or can they really pay cash.

I think if those of us in the church would examine our finances, and only buy what we can pay cash for, including cars, we would probably use less stuff and have a lower impact on our environment.

We’ve already seen folks alluding to what is going to happen in the Social Security system.  I really don’t think I’ll see much for my contributions to the system, as we will have as many if not more folks taking money from the system than are contributing in the next generation or two.

So in addition to the nearly 7% that is taken from my pay to cover Social Security, I’m putting another approximately 15% back in savings, AND living within my means.

I just think those of us who claim Christ need to embrace the elements of environmentalism that are supported by scripture.

That doesn’t mean we should worship the earth, or put it before God and mankind.

But at the same time, we need to treat it for what it is, God’s gift to us.  We are stewards of the earth. 

Personally, I think that means we are not to accumulate and consume things just because we can.  I do believe we are to tread lightly, and take only what we need.

So while I may not believe things are at the crisis point that Al Gore believes, I do believe that we as a community of faith could do better jobs as stewards.

Though some regions are cooling,
Or not changing at all,
The regions where this is the case
Are relatively small.

Statistics are available;
Read them with your own eyes!
Thermometers have no agendas;
Gauges tell no lies.

So heed not Mr. Limbaugh,
Or even Mr. Horner.
Sincere, perhaps, but they are wrong.
The world IS growing warmer!

Golbal Warming beats Global Freezing everytime!