What does the Bible say about Global Warming?

Answer 1

The Bible only states (in Rev 16:8)
Rev 16:8 The fourth {angel} poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it was given to it to scorch men with fire.

Rev 16:9 Men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory.

While the timing of this event has been questioned, it is a clear reference to events (Which may take place in the future) of Global warming and man's refusal to repent.

Now, there are scholars which will say that the vials are to be poured only during the time of Tribulation (leading up to Armageddon) and there are some obscure ones that will say that the vials have been poured since (say) the start of WWII.

All answers are in the Bible.

Answer 2

The Bible doesn't say anything directly about Global Warming. However, because the Bible presents the universe as a beloved part of God's creation, and because man is tasked with caring for creation, it would naturally follow that the Bible encourages us to stop Global Warming.

Additionally, it could be noted that GW is mostly fueled by man's consumerism - That is, the desire to convenience himself, even at the cost of other people or things. Since the Bible talks long and directly about how damaging that sort of mindset is, we have to conclude that if Jesus were alive today, He would be more concerned about the enviornment than most of the Christian Right is.

(BTW, I'm a Pastor, and I normally vote Republican, but there are a few areas that that Right is really, REALLY dropping the ball, and the enviornment is one of them.)

Answer 3

I suppose you'd say the part about the escalating bad weather, earthquakes, floods, etc. Of course, the precise wording, "global warming", would not be in the bible since that that term was not known in that time, and I'm sure many of our resident rabid atheists will use to say it isn't mentioned.

Answer 4

While the words 'global warming" or "global climate change" are nowhere to be found in scripture, the subject is, believe it or not, touched on. Revelation 11:18 says, in part, that God will "bring to ruin those ruining the earth."

Answer 5

Birth of a new age. Summer is nigh.

We are approaching the end of this flesh age and the beginning of the Millennium.

Mat 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Mat 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

HARVEST or the first resurrection.

Answer 6

Sorry .. I'm still a skeptic. In no particular order here are just a few of the reasons why I'm not buying this man-made global warming scare:

The United Nations is anti-American and anti-Capitalist. In short .. I don't trust them. Not a bit. The UN would eagerly engage in any enterprise that would weaken capitalist economies around the world.


Because after the fall of the Soviet Union and worldwide Communism many in the anti-capitalist movement moved to the environmental movement to continue pursuing their anti-free enterprise goals. Many of the loudest proponents of man-made global warming today are confirmed anti-capitalists.


Because the sun is warmer .. and all of these scientists don't seem to be willing to credit a warmer sun with any of the blame for global warming.


The polar ice caps on Mars are melting. How did our CO2 emissions get all the way to Mars?


It was warmer in the 1930s across the globe than it is right now.


It wasn't all that long ago that these very same scientists were warning us about "global cooling" and another approaching ice age?


How much has the earth warmed up in the last 100 years? One degree. Now that's frightening.

Because that famous "hockey stick" graph that purports to show a sudden warming of the earth in the last few decades is a fraud. It ignored previous warming periods ... left them off the graph altogether.


The infamous Kyoto accords exempt some of the world's biggest CO2 polluters, including China and India.


The Kyoto accords can easily be seen as nothing less than an attempt to hamstring the world's dominant capitalist economies.


Because many of these scientists who are sounding the global warming scare depend on grant money for their livelihood, and they know the grant money dries up when they stop preaching the global warming sermon.


Because global warming "activists" and scientists seek to punish those who have different viewpoints. If you are sure of your science you have no need to shout down or seek to punish those who disagree.


What happened to the Medieval Warm Period? In 1996 the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a chart showing climatic change over a period of 1000 years. This graph showed a Medieval warming period in which global temperatures were higher than they are today. In 2001 the IPCC issued another 1000 year graph in which the Medieval warming period was missing. Why?


Why has one scientist promoting the cause of man-made global warming been quoted as saying "we have to get rid of the medieval warming period?"


Why is the ice cap on the Antarctic getting thicker if the earth is getting warmer?


In the United State, the one country with the most accurate temperature measuring and reporting records, temperatures have risen by 0.3 degrees centigrade over the past 100 years. The UN estimate is twice that.


There are about 160,000 glaciers around the world. Most have never been visited or measured by man. The great majority of these glaciers are growing, not melting.


Side-looking radar interferometry shows that the ise mass in the West Antarctic is growing at a rate of over 26 gigatons a year. This reverses a melting trend that had persisted for the previous 6,000 years.


Rising sea levels? The sea levels have been rising since the last ice age ended. That was 12,000 years ago. Estimates are that in that time the sea level has risen by over 300 feet. The rise in our sea levels has been going on long before man started creating anything but natural CO2 emissions.


Like Antarctica, the interior of Greenland is gaining ice mass.


Over the past 3,000 years there have been five different extended periods when the earth was measurably warmer than it is today.


During the last 20 years -- a period of the highest carbon dioxide levels -- global temperatures have actually decreased. That's right ... decreased.


Why did a reporter from National Public Radio refuse to interview David Deming, an associate professor at the University of Oklahoma studying global warming, after his testimony to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee unless Deming would state that global warming was being caused by man?


Why are global warming proponents insisting that the matter is settled and that no further scientific research is needed? Why are they afraid of additional information?


On July 24, 1974 Time Magazine published an article entitled "Another Ice Age?" Here's the first paragraph:
"As they review the bizarre and unpredictable weather pattern of the past several years, a growing number of scientists are beginning to suspect that many seemingly contradictory meteorological fluctuations are actually part of a global climatic upheaval. However widely the weather varies from place to place and time to time, when meteorologists take an average of temperatures around the globe they find that the atmosphere has been growing gradually cooler for the past three decades. The trend shows no indication of reversing. Climatological Cassandras are becoming increasingly apprehensive, for the weather aberrations they are studying may be the harbinger of another ice age."

Hey ... I could go on. There's much more where that came from. But I need to get ready to go on the air. Just know that many of the strongest proponents of this "man-made" global warming stuff are dedicated opponents to capitalism and don't feel all that warm and fuzzy about the United States.

Answer 7

Genesis, Revelation 21, 22, etc. internationalists made the ENORMOUS BEHEMOTH mistake of saying CO2 emissions. CO2 is essential to life!!! What "greenhouse gases" { pseudo-intellectual lies and poopycock } were emitted from 950AD to 1337 AD when the earth was much warmer then than now?! http://nextaxpro.wordpress.com

Answer 8

Nothing.

Global Warming is a lie told to bring the Economies of The Industrial Countries down to Third World Levels, and Promote Socialist Globalization.

Answer 9

It doesn't unfortunately as it wasn't an issue 2000 years ago. There are however, lots of passages about protecting the environment (e.g. in the Psalms), even to the extent that man was "placed on earth to rule over it" (Genesis.)

Basically, we should be doing all we can to stop it!

Have a good weekend :-)

Answer 10

What does the bible say about helicopters? What does the bible say about Brad Pitt? What does the bible say about guns? What does the bible say about red necks? Quit asking dumb questions, they hurt my head and make me feel like I lost some brain cells after reading them. The bible doesn't talk about Global Warming, cause quiet frankly that doesn't matter. What matters is your soul, and your relationship with Jesus.