FRC hosted a policy discussion on global warming with panelists Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, Dr. Kenneth Chilton, Dr. Jim Ball, and Dr. Lowell Pritchard. Ball and Pritchard are associated with the Evangelical Environmental Network and advocate a strong response to human-caused climate change. Beisner is at Interfaith Stewardship Alliance. He and Chilton advocate environmental stewardship that avoids significant economic impacts on the poor, and crafted a rebuttal to EEN’s “Urgent Call to Action” on climate change.
Don Bosch of The Evangelical Ecologist live-blogged the event and had a number of interesting comments, including:
I thought the discussion was very civil, at least what I caught of it. Happy about the concensus that climate change must not be an issue that divides the Church. Debating the issue is good, and we may have different ideas about how to deal with climate change (human-caused, naturally-occurring, or some combination), but that shouldn’t divide the family of God.
Comments (3)
Terrific to see FRC taking on issues like this.
May 31, 2007 9:15 PM | Comment Permalink
Actually, the FRC is only interested in ensuring no action is taken.
I recall them refering to climate change as 'anti-american science' in a part article.
Its just a political problem. The FRC has chosen to support the Republican party. They dont want to draw any attention to climate change, because doing so might nudge people towards the Democrats.
June 1, 2007 9:00 AM | Comment Permalink
Way to back up your accusation with facts Mr. Raven (or is that raving?)
Awful sneaky of FRC to not draw attention to an issue by having a public discussion about it and invite both sides. What will they think of next?
June 1, 2007 4:04 PM | Comment Permalink