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Global Warming Fanatics Warming Up to Evangelicals 12/19/2006 What's the real tactic? The producer of a movie on global warming that is being shown in Evangelical churches has admitted she believes earth's true problem is too many people.
Karen Coshof, producer of "The Great Warming," said in a Cybercast News Service interview, "Population is the underlying problem - the catalyst for the whole thing, but we didn't get into that in the film. That is the underlying problem - too many people - all in competition for the same resource."
"The Great Warming" has been endorsed by Christian organizations such as the National Association of Evangelicals and prominent pastors. They find themselves in a strange camp aligned with organizations that promote population control, an ideology that considers human beings a blight on the earth rather than creative and resourceful individuals with unique worth.
One organization, the Sierra Club, states, "The 'population explosion' has severely disturbed the ecological relationships between human beings and the environment. It has caused an increasing scarcity of wilderness and wildlife and has impaired the beauty of whole regions, as well as reducing the standards and the quality of living. In recognition of the growing magnitude of this conservation issue, the Sierra Club supports a greatly increased program of education on the need for population control."
"Population control," the way to solve "overpopulation," is to reduce the number of people or depopulate the earth. China's brute policy of forced abortions, forced sterilization and infanticide is a prime example of population control. American scientist Eric Pianka has suggested releasing the Ebola virus to wipe out 90 percent of the population.
"It would likely be a surprise to Evangelicals to learn what is the true point of this movie," says Concerned Women for America President Wendy Wright. "Trying to convince Christians about global warming is merely a path to gaining approval for harsh policies that demean and destroy God's crowning creation, what the Earth was created to support."
Startling evidence that "The Great Warming" is a political tool to harvest Evangelical voters for left-wing politicians can be found on its Web site. The movie backers have teamed up with Democratic strategists Common Good Strategies (CGS). Its mission is to "provide Democratic elected officials, candidates and state parties with the expertise, understanding and resources that will allow them to authentically engage and connect with America's diverse religious communities."
Its Web site states, "CGS can help Democrats tap into the resources available through the religious community to turn out volunteers…" and "CGS can help campaigns develop message and communication strategies that will resonate with religious voters."
CGS founder and president Mara Vanderslice was the Director of Religious Outreach for the Kerry-Edwards 2004 presidential campaign. The campaign sidelined her when the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights revealed that she spoke at rallies co-sponsored by the radical homosexual group AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP). These radicals have disrupted Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1989 and thrown the Eucharist on the floor, organized violent rallies in Seattle against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in December 2000 and similar protests against the IMF and the World Bank to shut down D.C. in September 2002.
Popular singer Alanis Morissette and actor Keanu Reeves point to what they see as the cause of global warming and narrate the film produced by Canada's Stonehaven Productions. "What if a single species [humans] became so powerful that it began to change the planet itself?" they ask in promotional materials. "It's happening now, and only one species has the power to stop it. Ours."
The influence of the movie is not limited to the film itself. Promotional materials include bulletin inserts and a "Leader's Guide" for Sunday school classes complete with discussion questions and a suggested prayer.
This comes on the heels of a report authored by respected Evangelical leaders regarding the Evangelical Climate Initiative, a statement signed by 85 leaders on global warming. The report outlines how the Evangelical Climate Initiative misled prominent Evangelicals to engage in the "problem" of global warming by unwittingly supporting the left's pro-abortion and population-control agenda. It also follows statistics released in October by the National Climatic Data Center which reveals that the country is experiencing global cooling.
"This movie is part of a larger campaign to woo Evangelicals into supporting government policies that demean and destroy human beings," said Wright. "In an age of heightened respect for human rights, which reflects God's value for each individual, churches are opening their congregations to teachings that human beings are a form of pollution.
"Global warming advocates claim that the hypothetical devastation will harm the poor the most. However, the catastrophic policies they demand would force the poor to live in squalor with no hope of a decent life. Their lives are cut short by lack of access to affordable energy that would refrigerate food, alleviating malnutrition and spoilage, and warm their homes, avoiding fatal pollution from burning waste.
"God has entrusted us with stewardship of the earth, and it is essential to take care of His creation. Chief among His creation is mankind."
Click to learn more on the Evangelical Climate Initiative.
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