Southern Baptists shift on global warming

Published: March 10, 2008, 8:32 pm

Tags: religion, global warming, environment

In a fairly surprising move, leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have adopted a position on global warming which stands in direct contradiction to their position taken only a year ago: Signaling a significant departure from the Southern Baptist Convention's official stance on global warming, 44 Southern Baptist leaders have decided to back a declaration calling for more action on climate change, saying its previous position on the issue was "too timid." The new position states: "Our cautious response to these issues in the face of mounting evidence may be seen by the world as uncaring, reckless and ill-informed." The document also urges ministers to preach more about the environment and for all Baptists to keep an open mind about considering environmental policy. And this: [E]vidence of global warming is "substantial," and that the threat is too grave to wait for perfect knowledge about whether, or how much, people contribute to the trend. In addition, the

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