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Hmmm.... at first I thought you were being satirical, ala Irked or Stephen Colbert, but I think you might actually be serious...

First, nothing about GW (or, more accurately, GCC - global climate change) controverts the Word of God in the passage cited - "seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter" will all continue, just in different places at different times. And of course, "night and day" will obviously continue! (well, except for that one time when the Sun stood still - but that was temporary, it only ceased for a day). As for "destroying life", even the worst case GCC will not directly cause much destruction of life - destruction of *property*, yes, but any loss of life due to wars, pestilence or famine will occur only through the actions (or inactions) of we humans ourselves, by either failing to try to ameliorate the consequences to humanity of GCC now, while we still may have a chance to significantly alter what inputs we are making towards it, or failing to respond effectively to those most at risk if it comes to pass. In any event, it's our own fault, not God's. I do believe Jesus had at least a few parables that addressed that - ignore His Word at your peril, I think is the point that the ecological evangelicals are trying to get across!

Finally, I might also mention that the phrases "in other words, no more cataclysmic floods" and "It means God controls the world's temperature, not man" come perilously close to pretending to know the mind of God - which I was taught in school was blasphemy.