We're coming up very quickly on the time of year when my Facebook news feed fills up with posts that I like to call "global warming what?" posts. They generally follow this trend: there is snow (or it is just cold) where the person posting the status is or there are some news reports of snow in lots of places across the country (this was the case last year, with snow having fallen in 49 of 50 states). I just love this time of year!
My only thing that I would like to say is this - be careful before you verbally abuse those who may believe that global warming is true or false. I get so tired of people saying things that bash the maker of a certain documentary that, in large part, sparked the national conversation of "global warming". If a person disagrees with this mans views, don't attack him - address his viewpoints. He's done his research, if someone doesn't agree - show that they've done theirs!
Above and beyond all of this - look out for how you choose to address the topic. I have friends that fall on both sides of this issue - and this issue isn't something that should be as divisive as it's made out to be. Does anyone remember from their history classes what happened to Galileo for saying that the sun was the center of the universe and that the earth moved? He was forced to repent of heresies and then sentenced to house arrest! Was this really necessary? I think not. Love these people - if you agree, love those who don't. If you don't agree, love those who do agree. Share the Gospel. If we run people off because we're more vocal about our views on things that we may or may not know much of anything about than we are about the truth of the Gospel - that's a shame.
This should be my last and only posting on political/environmental topics for a long time.
