Climate change and Christianity

I am frustrated at some recent discussions between climate change and christianity.

One of the bible study leaders described climate change as "man-made theory".

So allow me to cut and paste from another blog on this, as I feel the same way as he does.

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Seeing this denial in evangelical Christians is particularly frustrating because I am a Christian who started out in an evangelical church. I know these people, love these people, and am actually related to some of them. So for them to not only disagree with me, but completely dismiss my life's work, is deeply discouraging.

From a pragmatic point of view, I believe it's important to engage American evangelicals on climate change. Not only can they be a significant political bloc, but they are often very influential in their communities. Church members regularly participate in other local groups, like PTAs and City Councils. As federal activities frequently follow local ones, mobilizing a community's leaders is essential. Building these alliances could be the key to moving many cities, and eventually the U.S., towards action.

Lastly, I see this rejection as conflicting with our shared faith. In fact, my belief in loving my neighbors drives my passion on the subject. Climate change is the epitome of environmental injustice - the most vulnerable are suffering because of actions by those more privileged. Living in a way that ignores climate change's impacts is not only ignoring those who need food, drink, or clothing, but in some cases, taking it right out of their hands. Not to mention climate change's devastating effects on the ecology of the world that Christians believe God created. Many other Christian organizations agree with my perspective, including the U.K.'s Christian Aid and Operation Noah. Even the Catholic Church, for all of its failings, has taken a stand on the subject. But when Richard Cizik, the National Association of Evangelicals' vice president for governmental affairs, spoke up about climate change, he was pressured to resign. Why can't most American evangelicals acknowledge this as an issue?
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Taken from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-schweitzer/climate-change-and-christ_b_198047.html. Please look at that in full.

Some of us can't help ourselves but turning blind eyes to the truth, and our wrong doings, (i.e. sin).