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MindMover

(5,016 posts) Mon Mar 19, 2012, 03:44 PM Mar 2012

Can God Make a Planet so Perfect He Can't Warm it Up?

Conservative disbelief of climate change doesn't only come from skepticism about the environmental movement. As Michael Stafford writes, many conservatives have a peculiar religious view of the issue. As they see it, climate change can't be real, because only God is capable of destroying the planet:
Senator James Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, has recently claimed that it is arrogant and "outrageous" to think that humans could alter the planet's climate - a climate that has been ordained by God. Citing to Genesis 8:22, he has argued that AGW cannot be occurring because "as long as the earth remains there will be seed time and harvest." For Inhofe, God is firmly in control.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/19/can-god-make-a-planet-so-perfect-he-can-t-warm-it-up.html?

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It is way past time that we start taking climate change seriously......and doing something about it...

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Can God Make a Planet so Perfect He Can't Warm it Up? (Original Post) MindMover Mar 2012 OP

To put it in terms even the delusional can understand- The planet has a fever. Gregorian Mar 2012 #1

Fundies follow the Cornwall Declaration immoderate Mar 2012 #2

All I have to do is look out my window . . . Brigid Mar 2012 #3

seed time and harvest." ashling Mar 2012 #4

Yes. n/t ellisonz Mar 2012 #5

Fuck that, at least WE can warm it up! Yeee-haaawww!! Bucky Mar 2012 #6

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)

1. To put it in terms even the delusional can understand- The planet has a fever.

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 03:58 PM

Mar 2012

When you have a 4 degree rise in body temperature, you don't just deny it and resume your daily activities as usual.

The truth is, we actually have a population problem. That is what is behind the whole global warming issue. So we really need to peel away the layers like an onion before we even get to the solution of this problem. And since we are not going to alter emissions significantly enough to make any difference, we need to focus on population now. But that is highly unlikely. Even on DU the population threads disappear magically. What few we have.

immoderate

(20,885 posts)

2. Fundies follow the Cornwall Declaration

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 04:04 PM

Mar 2012

It sets it down. It's from the Cornwall Alliance For The Stewardship Of Creation

It starts like this:

We believe Earth and its ecosystems—created by God’s intelligent design and infinite power and sustained by His faithful providence —are robust, resilient, self-regulating, and self-correcting, admirably suited for human flourishing, and displaying His glory. Earth’s climate system is no exception. Recent global warming is one of many natural cycles of warming and cooling in geologic history.

And then it gets crazy. For those who know deniers, Roy Spenser is one of these assholes.

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Brigid

(17,621 posts)

3. All I have to do is look out my window . . .

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 04:39 PM

Mar 2012

And I see some trees leafing out and flowering trees are blooming -- about a month early. I got a little sunburned when I went to the Saint Patrick's Day parade the other day because I wore a green T-shirt; I'm usually wearing a green sweater and probably even a coat on that day. Maintenance in my building is working on getting the air conditioning system turned on because it's about 80 degrees today and doesn't look to get any cooler any time soon. In the meantime, Patrick the Screwy Orange Cat is sleeping in the bathroom sink because it's the coolest spot in the house. Yeah, climate change is just a liberal myth all right.