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February 1, 2016

Title: Christians: Don’t Silence Your Critics
Topic: Respecting Others

Discussed by Dr. Calvin Beisner
with Cornwall Alliance (www.CornwallAlliance.org)

Part 1 of 2

In 1 Peter 3:15-16, we are told: “¹⁵ In your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, ¹⁶having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.” (ESV)

Also, in 1 Thessalonians 5:21, it reads: “Test everything; hold fast what is good.”

Dr. Calvin Beisner is the spokesperson for the Cornwall Alliance. He believes that Christians who refuse to listen to and debate their critics are just as guilty of “rational civil discourse” as those whom they disagree with!

The debate over climate change is often a heated one. Both sides don’t understand why the other side can’t agree with the other’s predictions. But that is exactly the point. It is possible to discuss the topic in a healthy, respectful manner. Terry and Dr. Beisner, for example, may not agree on every aspect, but that doesn’t cause them to get angry with each other, spewing insults and hateful words.

This is not always the case, however. Listen in as Dr. Beisner discusses a strange situation that just recently happened to him personally. It is a perfect, and unfortunate, example of “rational civil discourse”.

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Title: Part 2 of 2 - Christians: Don’t Silence Your Critics
Topic: Respecting Others

Discussed by Dr. Calvin Beisner
with Cornwall Alliance (www.CornwallAlliance.org)

The What’s UP Radio Program takes pride in inviting respected and well-qualified experts to share the facts on a wide range of topics. We do not just have “the average Joe” on talking about their opinion on certain issues. Dr. Calvin Beisner is a scholar on the application of Christian worldview, theology, and ethics to economics, government, environmental stewardship, and public policy. You can follow the Cornwall Alliance on Facebook  and on Twitter.  Sign up on their website to receive FREE emails about all matters relating to climate change.

Dr. Beisner discusses a documentary  that offers terrific insight into the issue of “man-caused global warming” by thirty scholars in the field that supports nine different points: 1) the science is not settled, 2) natural processes dominate climate change, 3) man-made CO2 is very little compared to natural causes, 4) real evidence does not support catastrophic warming, 5) catastrophic forecasts come from invalidated climate models, 6) invalidated climate models do not produce scientific data, 7) climate models contain assumptions of earth’s sensitivity to CO2 that are far too high, 8) there is not a single example of carbon dioxide being a pollutant, and 9) 165 years of real observation since the Industrial Revolution of the earth’s temperature and CO2 indicate that the maximum temperature rise that we should expect from additional CO2 before we run out of hydrocarbon fuels to put more into the atmosphere is only 1.2 degrees Celsius.

“In other words, we could burn all the fossil fuels on the earth and not raise earth’s temperature more than 1.2 degrees Celsius,” he proclaims. So, when are the oceans supposed to flood the earth? When are all the mountains going to crumble due to the scorching sun? I’ve lost count on how many times the climate scarers have changed their minds on whether the earth is going to freeze to death or burn up in a fiery explosion!

Listen in as Dr. Calvin refutes the climate change doomsayers and gives reasonable facts which disputes the whole idea.

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