Church of England Buys Into Environmental Alarmism

As Noel Sheppard of NewsBusters.org asks: "Did you need any more proof that climate alarmism is indeed an environmental religion?" He reports that The Church of England has given £150 million to Generation Investment Management, the green fund started by Nobel Prize winner Al Gore. Sad to see yet another member of The Church buying into The Goracle's politics ... er, religion. Yeah, religion! Not politics! (Yeah, sure!)

Religious Intelligence reported the following last month:

On Nov 18 the First Church Estates Commissioner, Andreas Whittam Smith reported that in late September the Commissioners had placed the funds with Gore’s boutique management firm which follows an “environmentally sustainable global equities mandate.” Funding for the investment came from “cash and Treasury bills”, he said, and not from the sale of UK equities as initially planned.

(I wonder how those T-bills are doing nowadays ...)

I have been frustrated with my own denomination (well, former, actually) -- the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It, too, has bought into Gore's fanatical religion, clearly crossing the line of Faith and Politics. In November 2007, the ELCA issued a social statement regarding the environment, buying into global alarmism and directing energy and monies to the hysteria (Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope and Justice). In fact, this social statement calls for churches to ask their candidates the following:

• Do you believe that global warming is happening? If your answer is yes, what do you believe is causing it?
  
• Scientists tell us that unless we curb global warming emissions, average U.S. temperatures could rise ten degrees by the end of the century. Would you support mandatory reductions in the emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases?

Other questions ask candidates if they will support various measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

So, candidates must swear allegiance to Gorism in order to be seriously considered? (By "candidate", I'm assuming the ELCA means candidates for the ministry.) Sounds a bit "Sieg, heil!" to me.

I've found, too, on the ELCA's website a lot of resources regarding the issue of global warming, from education resources ("education?") and voters' guides. (Go here to see the ideological collection.)

I wonder how many other members of The Body of Christ (i.e. denominations) have bought into the hysteria, devoting a lot of time and members' money to this political venture.