Environmentalism Greatest Threat to Civilization

“Climate change is the totalitarian’s dream come true. It offers a rationale for government intrusion into every aspect of life for every person on Earth.”

UPDATE 8/31/13: Global Warming a Religion, Say Climate Scientists

-- From "Christian Theologian on Earth Day: ‘Climate Change Is the Totalitarian’s Dream Come True’" By Penny Starr, CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer 4/22/10

For E. Calvin Beisner and his colleagues at the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation (CASC), every day is Earth Day because Christians are called by God to be good stewards of the planet and its inhabitants.

Beisner believes that it is not carbon emissions but global warming activism and international climate treaties that are a threat to the nation’s future and the world’s poorest populations.

The enforcement of a U.N.-style treaty would mean a global government’s intrusion into how people live their private lives – “everything from the temperature at which you keep your house to whether to drive a large, crash-worthy vehicle or a small car that conserves fuel but is a death trap in an accident,” Beisner said.

In his speech, Beisner said that Christians should be concerned about global warming policies because they affect myriad issues, such as the sanctity of human life, individual liberty, the survival of free enterprise and free markets in the United States, compassion for the poor around the world, and a sovereign America with the kind of limited government envisioned by the Founding Fathers.

“Secular environmentalism, in contrast to creation stewardship, is at heart a false religion,” Beisner said.

Beisner concluded by citing one of the founding principles of the CASC, which states that the Earth is not a fragile entity made randomly by chance but the creation of an almighty God, who sustains it.

“Our God is a more intelligent designer than to make a system so fragile, and a better judge to call such a system ‘very good’ after he made it,” Beisner said.

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Congressman Touts God's Commandment Against Energy Usage

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D.-Mo.), a United Methodist pastor, says that the citizens of America sin against God by using fossil fuels as desired because the Bible commands us otherwise.

-- From "Democrat Congressman: America's Fossil Fuel Use Is ‘Sinful’" by Matt Cover, CNSNews Staff Writer 4/21/10

“When you realize how much fossil fuel we use, it is sinful,” Cleaver told reporters on Capitol Hill. “I do know what is in the Bible, and we are, it is declared by--that the Sun and the Earth is the Lord’s, in the fullness thereof, meaning everything that is in it. And that means that we are stewards that must take care of God’s Earth.”

Cleaver made his remarks at a press conference announcing the installation of a [$140,000] LED (Light Emitting Diode) lighting system in the House of Representatives’ cafeteria, a project that is part of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) ‘Green the Capitol’ initiative.

Cleaver said that by greening the Capitol Congress was demonstrating to the rest of the country what Congress would like it to do.

“As a minister, I hear people say (that) the Bible says God helps those who help themselves,” said Cleaver. “It sounds really good, except it’s not in the Bible. So, there are things that we say that sound good so we just attribute it to something significant.”

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Barron's "Most Respected Companies" Questioned by Biblically Responsible Investing Group

From "Barron's "Most Respected Companies" Questioned by Biblically Responsible Investing Group" by Warren Smith, posted at The Charlotte World

Matthews, NC--- Barron's Magazine, in its Sept. 10, 2007 issue, released its list of the "Most Respected Companies."

But many companies on the list get little respect from the Biblically Responsible Investing (BRI) Institute.

The BRI Institute evaluates companies based on whether they're engaged in or promoting activities Christians would find objectionable - including pornography, genocide, and abortion. Of the top 10 companies on the Barron's list, only 3 of them pass the BRI Institute's screens.

Rusty Leonard, CFA, a former Templeton fund manager who founded Stewardship Partners, his own investment management company focusing on a BRI approach, is also the president of the BRI Institute. He said, "While we do not doubt that these companies are well managed in many respects, Christian investors have higher standards. The Lord desires us to be good stewards of all that He has entrusted to our care, including our investments. Therefore we examine a company's actions very closely to see if there are areas that might be at odds with our faith."

... The top company on Barron's list is Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway. According to Leonard, Christian investors should have serious concerns about it as well. At this year's annual meeting shareholders addressed the issue of the company's oil investments in the Sudan, where the government is complicit in genocidal activity. Buffet refused to sell the investment due to these shareholder concerns, but has recently been reducing his stake to cash in on a substantial profit.

"Profiting from genocide, however, is not what any investor, Christian or otherwise, should desire," said Leonard.

Additionally, Buffet's family foundations, which benefit from their association with Berkshire Hathaway, have been substantial supporters of Planned Parenthood.

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