Now compare what Republicans and Christians believe, against what is near unanimous view of 2,000 scientists who contributed to a U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which revealed that more than 90% of climate experts are certain in their belief in man-made global warming. You see, scientists base their belief in facts and evidence, whereas Republican lawmakers base theirs in special interest PR literature (‘Why Global Warming is Bunk’ by Exxon) and campaign contributions; while Christians base theirs in the earth science found in the Bible. In fact, two Christian think tanks (I am aware of the contradiction in terms), Young-Earth Creationists and Answers in Genesis, recently released a brochure that read: “The contention that man’s activities are causing global warming, as described in the media and by its advocates, is a myth. There is no reason either biblically or scientifically to fear the exaggerated and misguided claims of catastrophe as a result of increasing levels of man-made carbon dioxide (CO2).” The obvious question being, ‘how could the Bible provide any insight on climate science, when climate science wasn’t a thing at the time the Bible was written?’ As a matter of fact, the only ‘sciencey’ things the Bible gets right is that birds fly, horses have four legs, water is wet, fish swim in the sea, the earth is flat and the sun goes to bed in its own tabernacle at night. Oops, right up to “fish in the sea”, the Bible is a rigorous scientific document. Amen. Now let’s see what happens when you combine the two anchors of Republican-Christian belief, special interests and baby Jesus. Well, you end up with someone like Mike Beard, a Republican state representative from Minnesota, who recently argued that coal mining should resume in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, in part because he believes God has created an earth that will provide unlimited natural resources. This observation appears to be indicative of Beard’s larger religious belief that God acts as the tireless custodian of the planet. “It is the height of hubris to think we could [destroy the earth],” Beard told MinnPost, before saying that even devastating nuclear events shouldn’t cast doubt on his theory that the earth can always be repaired. Well, I would contend that the height of hubris be in the self-delusional belief you know something you do not understand, while ignoring all evidence to the contrary, and then imposing your baseless beliefs on others that has detrimental outcomes for our planet. But that’s just me. I’m funny like that!
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:15:16 +0000
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