Long before the media began drawing connections between religious attitude and belief in global warming, I began to notice a negative trend between the two. I would read viral emails from republican, "Godly" sources which mocked the very idea that spewing CO2 into the air at record levels could have any negative consequences. Later, the conspiracy theories began.
I have attached a link to a very interesting article from a Christian source that further clarifies the connection between Christian fundamentalists and denial of global warming. The article shines some light on the inherent distrust that many religious people have in science which has led them to dismiss the majority of scientific theories.
Of course, I realize there are many Christians who do believe that global warming is real (and vice versa). However, I have heard several Christians make ominous statements along the lines of "the end of the world is nigh, and we need not concern ourselves so much with future generations." Religious attitude seems to be deepening the divide between the general population and scientific learning, and I find this to be very disturbing.
http://www.evangelsociety.org/sherk/wwjd.html
I also attached a link to a current, legitimate scientific article which supports the theory of global warming.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science/topics/globalwarming/index.html#
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