The 8500 delegates of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination (16 million members) “approved a resolution on global warming Wednesday that questions the prevailing scientific belief that humans are largely to blame for the phenomenon.” Sad.
The resolution “also warns that increased regulation of greenhouse gases will hurt the poor.” But that’s true only if the regulation is poorly designed, as I’ve noted before. The poor will, however, suffer the most from global warming.
This resolution puts Southern Baptists in the same league as Denyers like Michael Crichton and Planet Gore.
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Always looking for common ground, I’ll happily point out that this is something that Climate Progress and Planet Gore actually agree on. See my earlier post on this (Stephen Hawking Opposes Designated Hitter Rule):
http://planetgore.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzBiOGEzMWY4NWFjOTA1MTU1NmQyNzZlOTE1NWYwNjk=
Although, to be fair, I think you should call out the National Council of Churches for taking the opposite position (that God demands a 20% reduction in emissions by 2020) as equally outside, let’s say, their area of expertise.
Best,
Jim Manzi
And we’re both not thrilled about corn ethanol. Lots of common ground!