Declartion on the Environment

So it looks as if the Catholics are not the only Christian group that is taking notice of climate change. A group of some of the most influential Southern Baptist leaders declared their denomination has been “too timid” on global warming. While they understand their members may not be able to accept all of the science behind global warming (baby steps, people) they have decided something must be done and are releasing a declaration entitled “A Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change.” My favorite part of the AP story is when a theological professor compared destroying God’s creation as tearing pages out of the Bible. I would like to go one step further and say it is the comparable to burning the Bible (you know, because then you would be polluting the air with the Good Book). The AP story hit the wire about 11 hours ago, and it has been picked up by several prominent news sources already:

BBC
CNN
Here is a letter in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution written by Jonathan Merritt, a spokesperson for the Souther Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative. And here is the article he is responding to.