You’ve done your research. I didn’t include the question in the post, which was, “From what you’ve read and heard, is there solid evidence that the average temperature on Earth has been getting warmer over the past few decades, or not? [If "yes," ask]: Do you believe that the earth is getting warmer… 1 – Mostly because of human activity, such as burning fossil fuels, OR 2 – Mostly because of natural patterns in the earth’s environment?” [options rotated]

If the first clause was left out, do you think that white evangelicals would have had different percentages?

One – I think some of the issue in this study may relate to the wording of the question, which asks a questions related to “what you have read or heard.” I think some of the evangelical issue is related to sources of authority for moral reasoning. The question itself allows for people who do not rely upon the news for authoritative information to dismiss the question, although I accept this may be a small number. However, the overall idea that authority as it relates to evangalicals is potentially one piece of the puzzle.

Two- Other studies have concluded that there is no significant relationship between fundamentalism and anti-environmentalism. I think it often, like I mention in point one, relates heavily to the questions being asked more than these results are very good reflections of exactly what fundies think about global climate change.

Three – The interrelationships between political affiliation and being a conservative evangelical are pretty significant. So, some of this may also be related to politics more than religion. The challenge, of course, is to sort that business out.

Okay, that’s all. Keep it up friend, I like reading things you write.

B

I actually think the 34% sounds about right. I think you and I, most of our younger evangelical friends (statistically), the Southern Baptist Climate Change Initiative folks, the EEN, Flourish, etc. ALL fit into that 34%.

On the race piece of this – I’m not sure what to make of it. I’ve heard people of color say that they do not care about global warming because it’s something only rich white people talk about. So that might have something to do with it. But that’s changing too. A guy named Van Jones (I recommend looking him up) the Green Jobs Czar in the Obama administration, is telling his community that global warming effects them more and that they should be more vocal about regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

basically, if Leftist hippies say its true, evangelicals will say it isn’t simply because they feel obligated to stand in opposition against Leftists, whether they have a theological (or even a political) -reason- for opposing it or not.

This is a perceptive commentary, and I agree that many people use circumstantial ad hominem arguments (“crazy environmentalists with agendas believe this”) or slippery-slope arguments (“first a hybrid car, then druidism”) instead of focusing on data, which is much more tedious. Charles Colson comes to mind here. On question, though: Do you think the subject of evolution might also be an important piece in this puzzle? Perhaps the fact that evolution is accepted by the general scientific community has led to a certain distrust in creationist Christians, who make up a good percentage of evangelicals (and all of fundamentalists). If the majority of scientists could be so wrong about evolution, then why not global warming? The Discovery Institute, if I am not mistaken, is also dedicated to debunking global warming theories.

It would also be interesting to read the statistics concerning convinced atheists and global warming. My hunch is that there would also be a group of deniers here, particularly in America, due to certain “sceptic societies” which take pride in their being, well, sceptical about lots of things. John Stossel, the TV commentator, would be an example here perhaps, or the late Michael Chrichton, although I don’t know how truly atheistic they are/were.