Gore: Christians should be stewards of Earth

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Gore, a Baptist, religiously spiced up his presentation by sprinkling in quotes from the Bible about caring for the Earth or heeding warnings about coming disasters.

Melting ice caps, growing levels of carbon in the atmosphere and the increasing intensity of tropical storms all are signs something is wrong, Gore said, and Christians must join others to act in averting possible catastrophe.

After the speech, Allen pointed to the disaster spawned by Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf Coast. "Now we are asking: Is there any way we can diminish the future Katrinas?" he said.

Bob and Jan Moore of Venice, Fla., believe being caretakers of the Earth, which is God's creation, is a Christian responsibility.

And they will apply evangelical witnessing about it to folks back home in Florida, they said.

"For the ones who choose to ignore it, it is our job to bug them until they get on board," Jan Moore said.

Gore told the crowd, "We who are Baptists are not going to countenance heaping contempt on God's creation."