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Climate Change Is Here to Stay

Debate over global warming has only intensified since conservatives targeted Cizik.

Sheryl Henderson Blunt | posted 3/30/2007 10:30AM

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Anderson expressed shock at the statement.

"Well, that's new information to me. … How a U.S. senator would know about the NAE rejecting something that I've never heard of—it's difficult to respond," Anderson said. " I don't know what the source of his information is. The NAE has not had a discussion about rejecting anything."

Future Vision

Global-warming skeptics and critics of Cizik don't plan to back down.

"The NAE is at a crossroads," Walz said. "It needs to decide if it is going to follow the gospel of Jesus Christ or political activism."

Anderson said the NAE has for more than 65 years taken myriad positions on all sorts of social issues, opposing abortion and human trafficking, for example.

"The NAE is clearly committed to the gospel of Jesus Christ," Anderson said. "The NAE's doctrinal statement has long been the gold standard of evangelical doctrinal belief."

Anderson said the NAE will continue to advocate all seven principles laid out in "For the Health of the Nation: An Evangelical Call to Public Engagement," its landmark 2003 document.

This broad agenda, Anderson said, "is what is going to occupy the NAE well into the future."

Sheryl Henderson Blunt is a CT senior writer.

Related Elsewhere:

Recent Christianity Today articles about Dobson, Cizik, and the NAE include, 'NAE Endorses Statement Against Torture' and 'Dobson, Others Seek Ouster of NAE Vice President.'

Weblogs " No Consensus on Whether NAE Conflict Is Getting Hotter" and "Focus Praises NAE's 'Broader Social Agenda'" have related commentary and links to articles.

Christianity Today has a special section on global warming and the environment.

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Mike Atkins (South Africa)

Posted: April 07, 2007 1:38 PM

As a Christian, I would prefer to see a little less "verbal warming", and a little more respect. We all agree that we must be good stewards of the earth What we differ over is the most appropriate means to accomplish this. The very first issue is whether and how much the earth is warming - we seem to agree that it is, but maybe not the extent. Logically, the second issue is whether and how much human activity has contributed to this. Serious doubts have been raised, but it is difficult for the layman to know who to believe. How should we spend our resources to address the issue? Of prime importance is the extent to which poorer peoples will be affected. This imposes a duty (of love, not guilt) on the more well-off to care for those affected. Whether the world should spend on reducing carbon emissions or on dealing with the effects depends on the certainty of the link between increased CO2 and warming. Let us put more facts than rhetoric or interests on the table.

Felipe Roman

Posted: April 05, 2007 8:11 AM

I am amazed that this debate is even happening. I know many scientists and Christians do not agree regarding how creation happened in the past, but to question what is happening to nature in the present, namely global warming, and to call that "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people"... wow?!!??! The evidence, consensus and science regarding global warming is much more solid now than ever so to call it a "hoax" is either an incredibly ignorant or irrational comment to make... especially since its an international issue, not just an "American" issue. As a Christian I think we should not lose focus that our Christ calls us to love our neighbor and if the risks to our poorest and least-able-to-cope-with-them global neighbors are potentially great, why wouldn't we jump in and do something about it??? At the very least, look into it more if we're so suspicious. I hope the real reason for not acting is not that we are asking "who is our neighbor?" in our hearts.

Josh	Posted: April 04, 2007 10:17 PM


Wow, calm down, we can barely predict what the weather will be tomorrow yet we now call Climate Change Fact? Thats the same as saying so many people believe in evolution that it must be true... sigh Many Thanks to the mass media for this pleasant mess...

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