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Monday, March 12, 2007

Hot Words on Global Warming

Some strong words on global warming from a prominent authority.
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3 comments:

Jeff Harmsen said...

Right off the bat the writer of this article quotes biblical fantasy as if it was real. Thus, his right wing agenda is showing like Britney Spears' scalp!

Apparently, global warming deniers do not know what the word correlation means, as in, the ice tubs show a direct correlation between an out put of pollution and the heating of the planet, unlike any other historical weather pattern.

The only way Gore could have it wrong is if his datea was faulty, i.e he is lying about it, which I don't believe he is.

The article serves to reinforce what I've been saying all along. The faithful, in the absence of their no-show Lord, don't want "evil" scientists to be accredited with saving the planet.

The sophistry about feeding starving children instead of worrying about the planet is laughable. There's no reason we can't do both.

Thanks Steve, you have just demonstrated with this article how religious delusions are deleterious to humanity as believers place their dogma before fellow human beings (i.e the planet we live on).

1:36 PM
Steve Roney said...

EJ:
Right off the bat the writer of this article quotes biblical fantasy as if it was real. Thus, his right wing agenda is showing like Britney Spears' scalp!

SR:
No, Jeff, you’re missing it. The author is pointing out that the Gilgamesh epic and Genesis both show concern about climate change—i.e., universal flooding. Oddly like the current concern about rising water levels with global warming. This has nothing to do with whether the books are historically accurate or not. It has to do only with whether they were ever written or not. I presume you are not questioning the latter. In fact, if these concerns are purely mythical, the author’s case against global warming is that much stronger—it implies that the current concerns may be equally mythical.

EJ:
The only way Gore could have it wrong is if his datea was faulty, i.e he is lying about it, which I don't believe he is.

SR:
This assumes, probably inaccurately, that Al Gore is omniscient. As Chesterton said, those who do not believe in God will believe anything.

EJ:
The sophistry about feeding starving children instead of worrying about the planet is laughable. There's no reason we can't do both.

SR:
This assumes, probably inaccurately, that the amount of money available to us is infinite.

EJ:
Thanks Steve, you have just demonstrated with this article how religious delusions are deleterious to humanity as believers place their dogma before fellow human beings (i.e the planet we live on).

SR:
This assumes, probably inaccurately, that the planet we live on is a human being.

Yes, David Suzuki actually believes this, or somethingl ike it. But if you do, you probably should not call yourself an atheist.

2:12 AM
Jeff Harmsen said...

You know, you raise a good point here. I agree that weather changes have likely been a human concern from the beginning. However, those who take the bible literally are bound to misconstrue the reality of our current weather trend if it is implied everything is in God's hands.

Then you have to get all moronic about Gore as omnitpotent, which adds nothing to the conversation and yet again shows your insecurity with reality outside your narrow minded dogma.

It would not take an infinity of money to cut back on emissions and feed starving children. In fact, one goal can work in conjunction with the other. For instance, as previously stated, North Americans have wasted billions over the years on wrapping paper at Christmas. If we stopped this profligate expenditure (as well as other acts of gluttony) and instead gave the money to starving children, we'd be killing two birds with one stone (not only would we be cutting down on the pollution of producing the wrapping paper, not only would we be saving natural resources, but also, we'd be feeding the needy without feeling the cost).

Sometimes it feels as though I'm dealing with a little child on this blog. In no way did I imply the planet was a person. In case you didn't know it, us humans need a place to live. Thus, when people place their religious delusions before the planet, it's inhumane.

On the other hand, I realize you're only grasping at straws.

10:56 AM

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