Paranoia, Anyone?

Not to mention some seriously misplaced priorities. This is from John Aravosis at AmericaBlog:

Evangelicals Wrangle Over Global-Warming Alarmism
from staff reports

Should evangelicals be worried about global warming? Some point to the Christian’s duty to take better care of the world, but others worry the issue could eclipse more basic evangelical values like the right to life and the sanctity of marriage.

Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals told Family News in Focus that global warming deserves attention.

“I’m not saying it’s the pre-eminent issue, the most important issue – no, it’s probably not,” Cizik said. “But does it deserve consideration? Most assuredly.”

But others warn evangelicals to beware of an ulterior motive.

“We’re observing a very strong effort by liberal environmentalists to use that sound motivation as a wedge,” said E. Calvin Beisner of Knox Theological Seminary.

Somehow, those evangelicals I know personally think that the basic Christian duties are things like defending the helpless, helping the poor, shit like that. When one considers that the "right to life" is actually code for "unlimited breeding" (and let me point out again that liberals don't have to use codes because they're not normally proposing things that most people find repellant), one really has to wonder at these people.

Let me also point out that the word "values" as used by the Christianists has no meaning. "Marriage is a man and a woman" is touted as a "value," which is not something that makes a lot of sense if you think about it. Aside from the fact that so far, it's a recipe for a 50% divorce rate, it's simply doctrine. The way I was taught, values are more abstract things like respect for others, tolerance and acceptance of differences, generosity, honesty, integrity -- you know, your basic American being-a-decent-person attitude.

None of which, come to think of it, you ever hear about from Focus on the Family.

How much you want to bet Beiser has a bomb shelter in his back yard? With lots of duct tape.