Posted on 03/06/2006 6:44:47 AM PST by The Lumster
Jerry Falwell has been scrutinized by all sides more than any preacher I have known. He is a humblke and honorable man.
I remember the money he got from the Moonies. THere was nothing wrong with the deal. A board of pastors critical of the deal examined it and found nothing to criticize.
Rick Warren, and other evangelical leaders, last week put out a public letter calling on the US to be more environmentally friendly, putting global warming on par with abortion.
This was a mistake, IMO.
But Rick Warren was disliked by many of the posters on this board for a long time before he did that.
I could not tell you why. I always liked the guy and liked his book.
LOL Seems that someone has wasted a lot of time. This article is not going to convince any Falwell fans, and those who are not Falwell fans don't need convincing.
Surprised? Don't read much, huh?
I just did a reply to you by accident. I meant for that to be for Mr. Brightside. I will redirect it. Sorry.
I am surprised that you are surprised. Must not read much.
Personally it doesn't affect me if Warren signed a document on global warming. I don't believe in it, but apparently he feels led to sign it. A disturbing issue I've seen personally is how some pastors are chastised if they don't follow Republican talking points but those that do are given a pass many times
I try and stay away from Falwell books. Happy reading if you like them.
I didn't like it at first either.
Seemed a little too elementary. I think I started it five different times.
Warren never seemed like the heretic that some on this board make him out to be.
Of course I read his column, did you ?! This is what it said:
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I denounced an effort by a group of evangelicals who are calling on Congress to enact legislation that would cut back carbon dioxide emissions to address the alleged effects of "global warming."
I stated that the group of 86 evangelical leaders part of the Evangelical Climate Initiative, or ECI acted prematurely and needs to understand that costly efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions could devastate the American economy and would only nominally reduce global temperatures. Further, many scientists are not convinced that the planet is warming beyond normal cyclical patterns.
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And he is spot on! How can you assert that he is not speaking out against their environmental stand? That is precisely what he was doing. He also attacked them for accepting funds from this foundation, but weeks after he originally spoke against their environmental stand.
Do a google search for "Rick Warren Evangelical Climate Initiative" and you'll get plenty of information:
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Rick+Warren+Evangelical+Climate+Initiative&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
My take on it -- he's a decent man who has become wealthy from the sales from his book, and now he wants to do good things with that money. I think he's just made a mistake by attaching himself to this thing.
Warren represents the most ignorant aspects of the evangelical movement. He states that doctrine is not important, but unity trumps doctrine. He says that there are NO reasons for christians to separate in spite of honest genuine doctrinal differences. He says that all should be accepted in the name of the Lord and that nothing is more important than unity.
He now is on the "global warming" kick. He is forming "evangelicals for global warming awareness" groups all over. It seems that this man can NEVER get it right.
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