HOW CAN YOU BE AN ATHEIST AND BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE?

I'm perplexed that so many scientific proponents of climate change are avowed atheists.  The basic concept of climate change is that human beings have polluted and mishandled natural resources to the point that we've thrown the planet's systems out of whack.

Well, if human beings along with our technological developments are simply random products of mindless evolution, then our polluting behavior is just as valid an expression of our evolutionary capabilities as ballet or building shelters to protect your family from the weather.

And, if the planet and it's intricate climatic systems are simply the random result of chance accumulation of particles at this particular distance from the sun then there's no whack to be thrown off.  Our climate isno more special than the methane rainstorms on one of Saturn's moons.  It's all is just random. 

However, if there is in fact a way that the climate is SUPPOSED to behave then there is a standard.  There is a right way.  And this little blue ball of rock is where it is and operating the way it does for a reason.  For Somebody's reason.

Psalm 148: 4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens,

 And you waters above the heavens!

5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,

 For He commanded and they were created.

6 He also established them forever and ever;

 He made a decree which shall not pass away.

...8 Fire and hail, snow and clouds; 

 Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;  

And if human beings have a universal obligation to preserve or to restore the climatic standard, then we have purpose, purpose that supersedes any "evolutionary" tendencies or capabilities.  We have  purpose that is more important than our natural lives.

Climate change theory actually proves that earth and humanity have SUPER-NATURAL purpose.

Praise Him, you heavens of heavens,

 And you waters above the heavens!

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church in Montgomery, Alabama, executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO) and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

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