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How should a Christian view global warming? We must be concerned about the effects taking place on our environment. God appointed man to be the steward of this world (Genesis 1:28), not the destroyer of it. As a Saint, however, we should not allow environmentalism to become a form of idolatry, where the “rights” of an inanimate planet and its non-human creatures are held in higher esteem than God (Romans 1:25). With global warming, as with any other topic, it is crucial to understand what the facts are, who those facts come from, how they are interpreted, and what the spiritual implications should be. A careful look at global warming, as a topic, shows that there is a great deal of disagreement about the facts and substance of climate change. Those who blame man for climate change often disagree about what facts lead them to that conclusion. Those who hold man totally innocent of it often ignore established facts. As a Researcher myself, my research leads me to believe that global warming istaking place, in fact occurring at a rapid rate; however, there is little to no objective evidence that man is the only cause. The present earth as we know it is coming to a close. God place a curse upon the earth when Adam sinned. The effects will be catastrophic upon our planet because of God's judgement for sin. I think the idea of earth “wearing out” is an apt analogy. This entire world has been continually decaying since the fall. Global warming “facts” are notoriously hard to come by. One of the few facts universally agreed upon is that the current average temperature of Earth is indeed rising at this time. According to most estimates, this increase in temperature amounts to about 0.4-0.8 °C (0.72-1.44 °F) over the last 100 years. Data regarding times before that is not only highly theoretical, but very difficult to obtain with any accuracy. The very methods used to obtain historical temperature records are controversial, even between the most ardent supporters of human-caused climate change. The facts leading one to believe that humans are not responsible for the current change in temperature are as follows: • Global temperature have made changes from past centuries, according to available data, were often severe and rapid, long before man supposedly had any impact at all. At some points, the current climate change is not as unusual as some alarmists would like to believe...but God is getting our attention regarding the serious hour we live in.
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