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Friday, March 03, 2006
Practicing What They Preach?
This article brought to mind this organization, so I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone.
First, several actors and other VIPs will be arriving at the Oscars Sunday night in "green vehicles."
Onto the next link... there's a new group (well, it's new to the media, at least) called the Evangelical Climate Initiative, and they're making quite a stir. Here's a bit from their site:
Why did environmentalists feel the need to change terminology from "global warming" to "climate change"? Maybe they figured out that they were being a little... alarmist? The general public are beginning to look on global warming as a variation of "crying wolf"... they're ignoring their prophecies of gloom and doom. So, they had to change the message, while leaving it the same.
Once again... we can't cause that kind of global change, short of a nuclear holocaust. We're far too insignificant on a cosmic scale to do that kind of damage. The Earth was created to be quite resilient- our Creator knew what was coming. That's not to say that all of us- Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jew, Pagan... you name it- should carelessly waste what God has given us. I'm saying to use a little common sense.
First, several actors and other VIPs will be arriving at the Oscars Sunday night in "green vehicles."
Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal and Frances McDormand are among those expected to step out of green vehicles and onto the red carpet at the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday.You know, I think I'm ok with that. These are the celebrities who do nothing but whine about how America is ruining the planet- it only makes sense that they drive enviromentally friendly cars. If they drive them around LA when the cameras aren't on them, I'll be impressed [yeah, I know some of them do. I also know that some of them criticize the way America uses too much oil, and they tool around in SUVs (not the hybrid kind) and use private jets (and they don't make them environmentally friendly yet.)]
In all, 25 VIPs are participating in the fourth annual "Red Carpet, Green Cars" event sponsored by Toyota Motor Corp. and the environmental organization Global Green USA. McDormand, Phoenix, Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Aniston and George Clooney are all expected to arrive at the Oscars in Toyota or Lexus hybrids, including the Toyota Prius, Lexus RX crossover and a hybrid version of the Toyota Camry, which goes on sale in May.
Onto the next link... there's a new group (well, it's new to the media, at least) called the Evangelical Climate Initiative, and they're making quite a stir. Here's a bit from their site:
The same love for God and neighbor that compels us to preach salvation through Jesus Christ, protect the unborn, preserve the family and the sanctity of marriage, and take the whole Gospel to a hurting world, also compels us to recognize that human-induced climate change is a serious Christian issue requiring action now.In case you were wondering, "climate change" is a clever way of saying "global warming." Now, I've already stated my feelings on "evangelical environmentalism" and the farce that is global warming. There is plenty of evidence out there that global warming is more religion than scientific theory .
Why did environmentalists feel the need to change terminology from "global warming" to "climate change"? Maybe they figured out that they were being a little... alarmist? The general public are beginning to look on global warming as a variation of "crying wolf"... they're ignoring their prophecies of gloom and doom. So, they had to change the message, while leaving it the same.
Once again... we can't cause that kind of global change, short of a nuclear holocaust. We're far too insignificant on a cosmic scale to do that kind of damage. The Earth was created to be quite resilient- our Creator knew what was coming. That's not to say that all of us- Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Jew, Pagan... you name it- should carelessly waste what God has given us. I'm saying to use a little common sense.
