--- title: Climate Change: Tim Walberg Says God Will 'Take Care Of' It description: A Republican congressman told his constituents that he believes God will "take care" of climate change canonical: https://time.com/4800000/tim-walberg-god-climate-change/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-31T18:53:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:11:44.921Z article:section: Politics og:title: Republican Congressman Says God Will 'Take Care Of' Climate Change og:description: "As a Christian, I believe that there is a creator in God who is much bigger than us" og:url: https://time.com/4800000/tim-walberg-god-climate-change/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d1c05261a0ddd69/6988cf96cd1bbacd1a7056f0/tim-walberg-god-climate-change.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3217 og:image:height: 1810 og:image:alt: Flint Hearing og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Republican Congressman Says God Will 'Take Care Of' Climate Change twitter:description: "As a Christian, I believe that there is a creator in God who is much bigger than us" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2d1c05261a0ddd69/6988cf96cd1bbacd1a7056f0/tim-walberg-god-climate-change.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Republican Congressman Says God Will 'Take Care Of' Climate Change > Sponsored content. 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Tom Williams-CQ-Roll Call,Inc. by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 31, 2017 6:53 PM UTC A Republican congressman told his constituents that he believes God will “take care of” [climate change](http://time.com/4799404/paris-agreement-trump-withdrawal-climate/) if it proves to be a “real problem.” Michigan Rep. [Tim Walberg](http://time.com/money/4665948/retirement-plans-automatic-ira/) said during a town hall in Coldwater, Mich., on Friday that while he believes climate change is real, it is not something for humans to solve. “I believe there’s climate change. I believe there’s been climate change since the beginning of time,” Walberg said. “Do I think man has some impact? Yeah, of course. Can man change the entire universe? No.” He continued: “Why do I believe that? Well, as a Christian, I believe that there is a creator in God who is much bigger than us. And I’m confident that, if there’s a real problem, he can take care of it.” As constituents grumbled, Walberg said: “I don’t expect you to agree with me on that.” Most scientists in recent years have said that global warming is [driven by human influence](http://time.com/4192622/climate-change-human-influence/). It was reported on Wednesday that President Donald Trump [plans to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement](http://time.com/4799404/paris-agreement-trump-withdrawal-climate/), the landmark 2015 deal in which nearly 200 countries promised to address climate change. 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