Why do Christians believe Global warming is the devil's myth?

Question

Do Christians believe it is okay for us to rape our land
pollute it, and our own sacred bodies in the process?
Why all the antagonism against global warming?
Which isn't even an attack on a kind of person! It's a call to save our very planet, our only home AS WE KNOW IT.
Why isn't this a Christian cause? Where in the bible does it read 'global warming is a myth, even if the rest of the world tells us it isn't?' Is it really all just political and you're still angry that the dems took congress and senate?

I don't mean ALL Christians. I am generalizing I suppose, but I am asking specifically to people who are against it for religious reasons. I watched the movie 'Jesus Camp' and was appalled at how one of the people in the film called for God's land to be 'raped' because earth was just a rotting shell and she was waiting for heaven anyway, so we might as well use up all the resources because the rapture will come before we can tell the difference. and ive seen posts on here as well that give global warming a religious angle.

Answer 1

Many do not. An unlikely alliance has begun to form between Al Gore and some fundamentalist Christian churches. They are approaching the issue as faiure to exercise responsible stewardship.

In addition to the the United Methodist and Presbyterian churches have curriclae developed concerning environmental issues. Others may as well. The problem seems to be with main stream conservative churches.

Answer 2

Christians are to be good stewards of God's creation.

The earth is warming up now.
But it was warmer before.

The Bible tells us that when God made the world He put an ice shield over our atmosphere. This would have kept out harmful sun light and it gave us about twice the oxygen and air pressure that we have today.

There were also very little oceans, mostly land.
The earth was near tropical from pole to pole.

They have found frozen plumb trees above the Arctic circle and (I think it was Admiral Perry) who found frozen palm trees in Antarctica.

At the time of the flood, the ice shield collapsed forming our polar ice caps. It was also responsible for the evidence of the ice age. At -300 F it froze the plumb and palm trees. It is also the reason Woolly Mammoths are frozen to the core with out any rotting.

Any way, these ice caps have been melting since than and it looks like they will melt all the way down. The smaller they get the faster they will melt.

The earth will still have winters because the earth is now tipped on its axis (before the flood it may not have been tipped, or at least not as much).

Answer 3

How do you make this a Christian thing? I don't see the connection. At all.

As far as the antagonism, how about the fact that the scientists can't even agree on if it is happening or not. How about the freak snow storm that blew through the country Easter weekend? The record cold temps and snowfall this season?

Now, I think that there is probably something to the global warming thing, despite the stuff I mentioned above. What I DON'T know is the cause. Or if it is just part of the earth's cycle.

Answer 4

Where in the world did u come up w/ this?? I'm a Christian and I don't think that at all, as a matter of fact I hate it when people litter, etc. I don't even know how u related global warming, Christians, and democrats... Oh and btw, while you're sitting here blaming everything on Christians, I don't suppose you're using the land or it's resources in ANY way shape or form...that would mean u NEVER ate, wore clothes, used a car or an air conditioner, heater, wood in a fireplace, or used any other type of electricity or energy. So u must be dead...oh and by the way, blame your mother for polluting the land when she diapered your butt in disposables or at least used soap to wash the crap out of cloth ones!

Answer 5

This is a second-hand answer, as I am not Christian and cannot, therefore, speak in the role of a member of that faith; but my friends that are Christian are generally opposed to the notion of global warming because of one reason: transience.

Their convictions dictate that this environment--this planet Earth--is merely a temporary setting in which they must exist until the return of their savior. Global warming is never acknowledged as a legitimate threat because its only victim would be a world left barren of life after the events described in Revelations. Thus, the Christians that subscribe to such a belief system don't consider global warming a myth at all; they simply see it as an impotent affliction, one unworthy of any substantial attention or concern.

Answer 6

I'm a fellowshipping Christian and have never heard anyone say that global warming was a myth. We just don't believe like some other people, that it will bring on the end of the world. To the ontrary, most Christians love this planet and are kind of impatient for seeing it back to the original way God made it. :)

Answer 7

I have never ever ever met a Christian who thought that Global Warming was a myth or who had a problem with fixing it.
I hate when people generalize and put all Christians in the same group..once again WE ARE INDIVIDUALS!!!!! we do not all think the same.
I have also never known a Christian who though it was ok to pollute or rape our lands. God gave us the land and everything on it to care for. We can use the things on the earth, but we are to protect it and replenish it. I know MANY Christians who take this responsibility very seriously.

Answer 8

Global climate change is not a Christian or biblical issue. The climate has been changing since the big bang or whatever you want to believe in. There have been cool down periods and warmer periods,,, glaciers advance and glaciers recede. Just as recently as the late 70s, the "big story" was the earth is cooling, a new ice age is coming.....and the polution controls were not as effective as they are now.

Mankind as a minuscule effect on climate change, it was changing before man mad an appearance on earth. Don't be thinking you and the rest of mankind is sooo important and sooo influential. I know that rubs the narcissistic liberals the wrong way..

Answer 9

First off no one is a christian if they say they are, christian means christ like and no one is like that. And in the christian bible GOD says that the more we sin the hotter he will make the earth. Look at all the sin we have in society, 40yrs ago wasnt as bad as it is now. And their is no scientific proof that says global warming is happening. People know about it cause Al gore says it is, he is also backed by oil companies. Scientist said that the ocean may raise a few inches in a few hundred years, a single volcano eruption puts more toxic gases in the air than automobiles have since they have been made. Global warming, no i see money in it.

Answer 10

I don't really understand where you are coming from with this one. I didn't realise that Christians thought that global warming is a myth. In fact every person I have heard campaigning for measures to reduce global warming have been christian.
The only people I have met that don't really believe it is an issue are people from the USA?