How Should Christians View Climate Change? with Dr. Patrick Michaels

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🗓️ 26 June 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Climate change is one of the most contentious issues of our time, leaving many Christians unsure of how they should view climate change. A key issue of concern at the Christian Research Institute is discernment, which is precisely why Hank wanted to have a conversation with Dr. Patrick Michaels to encourage Christians to critically consider how they view climate change. Dr. Michaels is a leading climatologist, who was a contributing author and reviewer of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. We hope that this conversation helps you to better understand this highly controversial and politicized issue.. Click here to see Hank's writings on this topic. https://www.equip.org/article/how-should-christians-think-about-global-warming/ Topics discussed include: why is the government involved in scientific issues, and what happens when science gets politicized? (6:00); are CO2 emissions always bad? (8:15); the social cost of carbon, and asking if there is a social benefit to carbon emission? (10:10); isn’t the climate always changing? (12:10); how should we process alarmist narratives pushed by politicians regarding climate change? (14:45); the economic impact of climate change initiatives (16:55); how reliable are the computer models that predict climate patterns? (18:55); the political abuse of the global-warming narrative (21:40); the virtue signaling of global warming and the role it plays in a modern secular religion (24:45); do global warming initiatives harm the poor? (26:00); the problem with consensus science (27:00); which of the many climate models is best at predicting climate patterns? (29:20); Patrick Michaels taking a stand against climate change consensus because science has always progressed by people going against the consensus (32:10); is it really time to panic about climate change? (34:20); how can people read the news stories about climate change with a critical mind? (38:20); is the Earth warming, and if it is, what should we do about it? (39:15); why Patrick Michaels believes that the Paris Climate Accord is a joke (43:35); is global warming actually bad? (46:40); should nuclear fission be viewed as an alternative energy source? (48:00); Patrick Michaels on his upcoming book Scientocracy: The Tangled Web of Public Science and Public Policy (50:05); and are people developing apocalypse fatigue? (53:40). Thank you for listening to the Hank Unplugged podcast! We prayerfully ask you to consider making a financial pledge of support to stand shoulder to shoulder with us in the battle for life and truth. The outreaches of the Christian Research Institute are fully funded by listeners like you. To learn more about how you can support this podcast or any of the many outreaches of the Christian Research Institute simply visit https://www.equip.org/product/2019fyewa/ or call 888-7000-CRI. Thanks again for tuning into another edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast

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0:00.0	Welcome to another edition of the Hank Unplugged podcast.
0:26.7	Before we begin, Hank Hanigraf and the Christian Research Institute prayerfully ask you to consider making a financial pledge of support during the critical month of June to stand shoulder to shoulder with us
0:38.5	in the battle for life and truth. As we approach our financial year end, June 30th, you can
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0:52.6	funded solely by listeners like you.
0:55.3	Here now is your host, Hank Hanagraph.
0:58.7	And welcome to another edition of the Hank Unplug podcast.
1:03.1	This is a podcast that is designated to bring to you the most inspirational,
1:15.1	informative people on the planet.
1:19.4	And today is no exception before I introduce my guest. Let me tell you that Hank Unplugged is having an unprecedented impact around the globe.
1:27.7	A recent Hank Unplugged review says Hank Unplugged offers a wealth of information
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1:42.7	I found the podcast less than a month ago and have
1:45.6	listened to every episode in its entirety since the very first introductory podcast back May 31st,
1:54.5	2017. Some several times over, they're thought-provoking inspirational. This is just a reminder that the podcasts are entirely evergreen.
2:05.6	And if you haven't heard every episode, we encourage you to go back and listen to any that you might have missed.
2:12.6	Today I want to talk about one of the most significant subjects that we could broach in the year 2019. If in fact,
2:23.9	climate change is what it is purported to be, we're going to spend tens of trillions of dollars
2:32.9	of the global economy on this issue.
2:37.0	And so often there are dire predictions and it's very difficult to figure out whether or not those predictions will come true.
2:45.0	But there was a time back in 1999 when I wrote a book called the Millennium Bug Debucked, and this was when evangelicals as well as secularists were mining the subjunctive.
3:00.8	They were cultivating the seed of threat buried in each unrealized instance.
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