So Gore quotes the bible? Satan does, too. It’s no indication one way or another of a person’s character, integrity, or accuracy of message.

So Gore “has refused to be distracted by the character-assassins, the fear-mongers, the science-deniers and the merchants of short-term gain?” Is he not engaged in fear-mongering himself? Does he not deny science when he ignores data that refutes his claims, when he dismisses offhandedly scientists who disagree with his conclusions? Is he not making short-term gain by the millions upon millions of dollars he’s made in promoting the man-made global warming theory? It’s pretty easy to shrug all this off and ‘remain faithful to his mission” when it makes you filthy rich.

Of course, I am a Christian of Baptist background, so EthicsDaily.com would probably engage in character assassination by including me in their above quoted slur. Even though I do have earned degrees in physics, math, and chemistry.

Ethics Daily?  In my opinion Al Gore is an oxymoron to ethics daily.  Quack science for political gain.  Al gore is an angry elitists who is setting himself above the very things he expects people to do with conserving power and changing lifestyle while living the opposite.

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I would think that the headline that identifies Al with the Baptist tradition would cause many Baptists to shudder with embarrassment.

Traditionally baptists have been strongly associated with the Republican party so it is almost ironic that Gore would be named baptist of the year by baptists who probably didn’t vote for him in the election. I have no problem with him being the baptist of the year, I’m just surprised that he was named so. I’m willing to bet that most people who read this and comment will not be happy with the decision though.

J Henry, there have been several peer-reviewed research projects disputing global warming - Nature, Geophysical Review Letters and Science, and the Hudson Review, to name a few. Please note the difference between those who believe mankind is behind it and those who believe that man has little or nothing to do with it.

“Anthropogenic [man-made] global warming bites the dust.” - astronomer Ian Wilson

peter dont be afraid of the warming, if it is a warming. god will take care of you. as for al gore being the baptist of the year , i’m sure there are others that deserved it more than he did, maybe some baptist that got a lot of souls won to christ, now peter dont chistise me for saying it.

So there’s the question of ‘global climate change’ and the question of Al Gore being a baptist.
The latter surprises me. Has Gore self-identified as a Baptist? What kind?

IMO.... There should be no such thing as a Baptist of the Year… or that of any other denomination. No matter who the person in question is…

I didn’t even know that Gore self identified as Baptist.  That’s a bit of a surprise, in truth.

But in any event, if his environmental activities had anything to do with his religious convictions, I think that he would have mentioned it.  He hasn’t.  In fact, while my children were in elementary school and Gore was vice president, he was endorsing and sponsoring some decidedly heathen activities such as a earth day activities involving constructing altars to “mother earth.”

The award by an organization with “ethics” in the title is ironic as well, to say the least about it, considering Gore’s considerable financial interest in a carbon credit trading scam for which he stands to profit.

Good stewardship over the environment is a good thing.  But it’s not a “christian” activity unless Christ is at least mentioned or given some glory as Creator of the earth.

All you have to do is look at the names and some of the creative accounting used to bulk up the list. For example, they’ve added pretty much all of the names of Lomborg’s “Copenhagen consensus,” even though most arent’ scientists. Then, there’s the trick of including, say, all the co-authors of the Courtillot article, even though some of them (like Fluteau) certainly would not describe themselves as skeptics. There is Avery, with his “unstoppable global warming” nonsense (and no peer-reviewed scientific publications). There are a few real scientists, like Allegre and Courtillot (’nuff said about that), plus a lot of nonentities whose lack of credentials you can spot just by running their names through Web of Science. If this is the best 400 names that Inhofe can scrape together, then the denialist crowd is really in bad shape.

Some of these are the same names that were on a fraudulent list that went around a few years back that was discredited, and NSF came out and even made a statement of how it did not reflect their views.

Like the tobacco companies for many years that cast doubt, so today, is the debate on climate change — and the mainstream media participates by giving the .01% of dissenters near equal footing…

I do remember waay back (showing my age here) that Tipper and Al Gore wrote a Christian book together (the 70’s?)

At that time I think they were a bit more conservative then they are now, at least theologically and I read it and agreed with what they said at the time.

Can’t say that I agree with much they say now.

And living in an area where politicians and the “stars” routinely fly in and out in their private jets, I’m not too impressed with how Gore and others live out their stated environmental beliefs. 

It’s difficult to take these spokespersons for change seriously when they zip into town in their private jets, and are greeted by ther Hummers, which they drive to their 30,000 square feet vacation home, which is kept heated and ready in case they decide to make a visit, which may only occur once or twice a year.  Many of them have their own lakes, water parks, and more in a state struggling with drought.  I could go on and on! 

I have a lot more respect for someone who lives what they say they believe.

And I guess that’s a good lesson for Christ followers too!

You have to be kidding!

Al Gore is a liar and his message is totally inconsistant with his actions. 

He travels around the world leaving carbon footprints while crying out against this kind of evil.  For any Christian to honor him for his lies is simply misguided.  We should be saving the world with a message of Jesus not being distracted with some populist idea that man creates global warming.  It is not proven and some have bought into the idea somehow if we waste valuable dollars trying to correct a phantom cause then we are doing well. 

Al Gore does not deserve anything from Christian organizations.

Pastor Joseph,

With all due respect, I think you need to check your facts, objectively, from more sources. Should our trust in God Almighty to “control” the weather, as you say it, obviate our responsibility to care for our planet?

Evolution can’t be observed, Climate change can be and is being observed.