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TechnoratiThe SBC is the nation’s largest protestant denomination with 16 million members and 42,000 churches.
“The SBC and other like-minded evangelical groups are not opposed to environmental protection,” explained Moore, who is the dean of SBTS’s school of theology and senior vice president for academic administration. “We are, however, concerned about the ways in which religious arguments are used in this debate, possibly with harmful consequences both for public policy and for the mission of the church.”
Moore affirmed that Southern Baptists do care about global warming “because the creation reveals the glory of God,” but that science does not absolutely support humans being the main cause for global warming and that cutting carbon emissions will be in the best interest for the majority of the world’s population.
Other religious leaders who spoke included the Rev. Dr. Jim Tonkowich, president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, and Rabbi David Saperstein, director and council of the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism.
