Boy, that article in the national post sure does refute a lot of Al Gore's message.  However, if the truth is found somewhere in the middle (the power of the mean), then there is still a lot to worry about! 

Still begs the question, where do Christians stand on the debate?

Christians will be on all sides of this debate just like any issue but the more important thing is to think in terms of WWJD and what are we to do as Christians?
We can try to answer that by looking at God's Word and Jesus' life.
From Revelations, we know that there will be a new heaven and a new earth so all that there is here will eventually be burnt up anyways; but at the same time, we are called to be good stewards of all that God has entrusted to us. However, we are to do that without finding ourselves loving creation more than the creator. A warning flag should also come up if we find ourselves caring more about the environment than loving our neighbor.

The new heaven and earth is first mentioned in Isaiah and then in Revelation. Both are very allegorical books and it is difficult to know exactly what "new" will be and I am guessing that if the earth is burnt up, it will be because we burn it up, not God. I agree that we need to be better stewards of the Planet. We cannot claim to love our neighbour if we do not care for the environment, as this care is a reflection of our value of our current neighbours and future neighbours well being. We are currently exploiting the planet at an alarming rate for purely economic reasons related to greed. I know a lot of Christians who find themselves loving money more than God, but very few loving the environment more than God, so I don't think we need to worry there.

This is some good discussion. Looking forward to the sermon on Sunday.

Exploitation and greed are all part of a sinful and imperfect world. Perhaps, it will be us (man) that burn it up, perhaps not; but more importantly, I believe God is trying to teach us something more about this by allowing the destruction of the earth to show the futility of man's knowledge and wisdom in comparision to His. Man cannot save the environment in the same way man cannot save himself! It is a lesson that man keep learning over and over again but never seem to grasp.
It is only God's work thru JESUS CHRIST that saves!

Sorry, but what do you mean by "God allowing the distruction of the environment as a way to teach us a lesson?"
For God so loved the WORLD that he sent his beloved son (John 3:16)! Salvation is not only future, but NOW! Jesus begins the process of redemption for ALL of creation! Until he comes again, we have the responsiblity to create and build the KINGDOM here on earth. Sorry for being so preachy... but let's not throw our hands up in the air and give up!

This is sounding very much like Kingdom Now / Dominion theology!
God send his son to save people, not the environment! What kind of exegesis are you doing?
I hope that the tap is not in agreement with this guy, he's getting close to heresy!

Do not be deceieved!!!
http://www.intotruth.org/res/tract2.html

No responsible Christian would just throw up their hands and give up.
But it is irresponsible to promote GORE's movie as Gospel truth when there is still so much that's questionable! Scaring people to be good stewards will only misrepresent and foster false concepts of God's character and nature.

Interesting to find out that the author of the article "The Gods are Laughing" is a lobbiest for energy companies. According to the Lobbyists Registration System, Government of Canada, HPG is registered as a lobbying firm for several energy industry clients. It appears he is now the executive director for the non-profit NRSP. The NRSP is led by Executive Director, Tom Harris, who, in November 2002, while in the employ of the PR firm APCO Worldwide, organized a press conference titled "International Climate Experts Speak Out Against Climate Change Myths.". The press conference was sponsored by Talisman Energy Inc. and Imperial Oil (ExxonMobil's Canadian subsidiary). Not exactly your most environmentally friendly crowd. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Natural_Resources_Stewardship_Project

Thanks anonymous for the info!  You know your stuff!  It's not surprising.

Talisman - certainly not the most eco-friendly, nor justice friendly company out there.  At least they are finally out of Sudan.  For info, the Prebyterian church of Sudan sued Talisman claiming that the company had helped Sudanese officials bomb churches, kill church leaders and attack villages in an effort to clear the way for oil exploration.

It's easy to knock the National Post, throw in a conspiriacy theory and blame everything on big bad companies.
One does not need to name the sponsering companies to say the same thing about GORE being the puppet and political saviour for the environmentalists and their agenda! How else would funds keep pouring in for their environmental jobs and r&d projects? Impending doom and fear mongering sells, remember Y2K?
The truth is, scientists are in disagreement within their own community about this and if there's in fact enough convincing evidence for the severity of global warming and the environment, we would not be in debate.

There is another documentary out on global warming that I recently heard about. I have seen some of it and it definitely provides more food for thought. Protecting the environment is a worthy cause but there are definitely political and money driven motivations on the 'environmental' side too.

 http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-4520665474899458831&q=the+global+warming+swindle

Enjoy!

Try just going to http:/video.google.ca and search for "The Great Global Warming Swindle" if the link is not working.