Climate change

When I first started reading the article “Developing countries, poor residents topic of concern after Paris Agreement” in the Dec. 24, 2015, issue I expected it to be more typical media praise of the Paris climate change conference. Thankfully, the views of John Christy, the climate scientist and former Southern Baptist missionary, were discussed. Also the outstanding resolution on global warming adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in 2007 was quoted. These Christian and scientifically based opinions significantly disagreed with the climate change agreement that was approved by the United Nations conference in Paris. 

It is evident from the article in The Alabama Baptist that combatting climate change is not worthy of Christian support because it is likely to do much more harm than good.

I have been following the global warming/climate change developments since John Christy and I were deacons at Hillwood Baptist Church, Huntsville, about 20 years ago. I was working for Space Craft Inc. at that time. I received my doctorate in electrical engineering from Vanderbilt University. Now I am retired and a member of Hunter Street Baptist Church, Hoover.

Gary Briscoe
Hoover, Ala.