Comments on: Global Warming: What do Religious Groups Think? (Post 7) http://tomneuville.com/archives/144 Serving District 25 Counties of Rice, Le Sueur, Sibley and Scott Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:56:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Paul Fried http://tomneuville.com/archives/144#comment-86 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:46:21 +0000 http://tomneuville.com/archives/144#comment-86 Evangelical Christians have traditionally voted conservative, so for there to be a controversy at all about stewardship of the earth is significant. And there is actually more of a split among evangelicals than your comments about your source suggest. Like your comment about "The Wall Street Journal" questioning Gore's movie (it was an opinion piece, there's a difference), you mischaracterize the evangelical split on global/environmental stewardship. Note the following articles: March 9, 2007: Evangelical Board Split Over Leader's Global Warming Efforts http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070309/26229_Evangelical_Board_Split_Over_Leader%5C's_Global_Warming_Efforts.htm March 10, 2007: Evangelical Board Split Over Leader's Global Warming Efforts http://ny.christianpost.com/article/society/405/section/evangelical.board.split.over.leaders.global.warming.efforts/1.htm This divide is not a new thing that appeared just this month, or this year: OCT. 17, 2006 / UPDATED JAN. 16, 2007 The evangelical divide on global warming http://www.religionlink.org/tip_061017a.php Aug 21, 2006 5:00 AM (214 days ago) Mark Tooley: Evangelicals tussle over global warming http://www.examiner.com/a-232621~Mark_Tooley__Evangelicals_tussle_over_global_warming.html Evangelical Christians have traditionally voted conservative, so for there to be a controversy at all about stewardship of the earth is significant.

And there is actually more of a split among evangelicals than your comments about your source suggest. Like your comment about “The Wall Street Journal” questioning Gore’s movie (it was an opinion piece, there’s a difference), you mischaracterize the evangelical split on global/environmental stewardship. Note the following articles:

March 9, 2007:
Evangelical Board Split Over Leader’s Global Warming Efforts
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070309/26229_Evangelical_Board_Split_Over_Leader%5C’s_Global_Warming_Efforts.htm

March 10, 2007:
Evangelical Board Split Over Leader’s Global Warming Efforts
http://ny.christianpost.com/article/society/405/section/evangelical.board.split.over.leaders.global.warming.efforts/1.htm

This divide is not a new thing that appeared just this month, or this year:
OCT. 17, 2006 / UPDATED JAN. 16, 2007
The evangelical divide on global warming
http://www.religionlink.org/tip_061017a.php

Aug 21, 2006 5:00 AM (214 days ago)
Mark Tooley: Evangelicals tussle over global warming
http://www.examiner.com/a-232621~Mark_Tooley__Evangelicals_tussle_over_global_warming.html

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