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1. Fantastic. This is the grass-roots demonstrations that we need from all sections of the community, but more so from our religious leaders. Now if only we could get our Australian religious leaders to do the same.

   Posted By: Damien

2. It's a pity that Catholic bishops take part in this fraudulent nonsense.
   One might think that, after the leak of emails from the University of East Anglia exposing the lengths to which some climate scientists will go to perpetuate the fraud, the whole matter of anthropogenic global warming might be quietly dropped.
   But no, this is the new religion, and absolute faith is demanded.
   One thing that can be guaranteed, in ten years' time, no one will be talking about climate change. They will have more important things to worry about.

   Posted By: Lance Eccles

3. Seeing that climate change has been brought on by over-population of people, inappropriate energy usage and destruction of ecosystems, maybe it is time for the Church to alter its stance on contraception. We can't have limitless population growth on finite resources - the Earth! The taboo of population growth, and family planning, needs to be lifted if we are serious about climate change. This is a moral issue of our age, and the church needs to have a voice to guide their followers.

   Posted By: Milly

4. Climate change is about anti-family and anti-life. No one us more religious about climate change than the Dutch people. Their population has dropped dramaticly to 16.7 million, because of contraception, euthanasia and abortion. The percentage of youth aged 15 or younger is rapidly declining.
   To be expecting a baby is viewed as a cancerous sickness, and old people are in the way. Climate change is directly the consequence of too many people, according to the Dutch. And this is also the view in many other countries. When will people wake up that it is fabrication? I would have expected Church leaders to stand up for life, instead of this nonsense!

   Posted By: anne

5. Great to hear of and accept the leadership of church hierarchy re climate change. However, markedly better to be encouraged to make one's own a value orientation re all of God's creation, a recognition of the moral responsibility for enlightened stewardship.
   And thus, proceed cautiously, clarify and define what is the nature of our global concern, what is authentic in stating the problems, how we can best verify
   the breadth and depth and timescale of processes which are deemed to be of such global concern.
   I respect the bishops for their enthusiasm & leadership, but sometimes these leaders underestimate the nous, the concern, the experiences, the learning already driving micro action across myriad local communities.
   Must not be my day for having bishops calling for world leaders to act. Preferably, they could be better out denouncing the preference for affluence and perks of office enjoyed by so many world leaders under the banner of 'leadership'.
   

   Posted By: bill holligan

6. You dont want to waste resources? Oppose divorce and people living one or two to a home. Think of all the saved electricity, water, and resources to make that second home.
   As for those church leaders, are they going to pander to human pride, telling world leaders to stop the weather changing instead of doing their job, ie calling for an end to sins which 'cry out to God for vengence' (homosexual sins, abortion) and leading by example.

   Posted By: Tom McKibbin

7. What do you say to the data that points out that levels of co2 go up after the heat has rissen. What would you say to the fact that, in some parts of the world, the temperature has actually been at an all time low. What would you say to the fact that all living creatures on this planet survive on oxygen and in order to get oxygen we need plants. And in order for plants to survive they need co2?

   Posted By: brent

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