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Genesis and Climate Change
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016

Climate change is a hot topic in the news today. Many people—including some Christians—have been concerned that the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide could have an adverse effect on climate. Should we be worried about climate change (or global warming)? Is this a moral issue requiring legal action? What should Christians think?

 

Other episodes in this series:

Hiding from God in the Multiverse

The Ice Age

Do Deep Ice Cores Prove an Old Earth?

The Mystery of Wooly Mammoths

 

                  
 

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