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Burning Carbon-based Substances Like Oil, Gas, And Especially Coal, Produces Billions Of Tons Of Extra Carbon Dioxide Each Year. Methane Gas From Cows And Pigs And Other Animals On Our Large Farms Ends Up In The Atmosphere As Well, Trapping More Of The Sun's Energy As Heat.

I Try To Speak Plainly And Be Sympathetic To The Idea Of Religions Where People Gather In Community. They Get A Sense Of People Looking Out For Each Other. My Claim Is That We Have A Tendency To Look Out For Each Other Whether Or Not There Is A Religion Involved.

I'll Admit That The Discovery Of Evolution Is Humbling, But It Is Also Empowering. It Transforms Our Relationship To The Life Around Us. Instead Of Being Outsiders Watching The Natural World Go By, We Are Insiders. We Are Part Of The Process; We Are The Exquisite Result Of Billions Of Years Of Natural Research And Development.

The Oncoming Trouble I Speak Of Is Climate Change. It's Going To Affect All Of You In The Same Way The Second World War Consumed People Of My Parent's Generation.

Reading Their Letters And The First Amendment Of The Us Constitution, I Infer That This Nation's Founders Noted That Religions Have Been At The Center Of Great Deal Of Trouble, So They Precluded The Us Government From Getting Involved In Religion, I.e. "... Shall Make No Law Respecting An Establishment Of Religion, Or Prohibiting The Free Exercise Thereof..." Over The Centuries, Various Religions Have Laid Claim To Various Morals; Consider The Difficulties Outsiders Are Having Today In The Middle East, For Example.