[Toshi]

I always suspected it but rarely have I seen it expressed so explicitly:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/us/politics/21climate.html

JASPER, Ind. — At a candidate forum here last week, Representative Baron P. Hill, a threatened Democratic incumbent in a largely conservative southern Indiana district, was endeavoring to explain his unpopular vote for the House cap-and-trade energy bill.

It will create jobs in Indiana, reduce foreign oil imports and address global warming, Mr. Hill said at a debate with Todd Young, a novice Republican candidate who is supported by an array of Indiana Tea Party groups and is a climate change skeptic.

“Climate change is real, and man is causing it,” Mr. Hill said, echoing most climate scientists. “That is indisputable. And we have to do something about it.”

A rain of boos showered Mr. Hill, including a hearty growl from Norman Dennison, a 50-year-old electrician and founder of the Corydon Tea Party.

“It’s a flat-out lie,” Mr. Dennison said in an interview after the debate, adding that he had based his view on the preaching of Rush Limbaugh and the teaching of Scripture. “I read my Bible,” Mr. Dennison said. “He made this earth for us to utilize.”

:facepalm:

 

[Toshi]

Further down:

Lisa Deaton, a small-business owner in Columbus, Ind., who started We the People Indiana, a Tea Party affiliate, is supporting Mr. Young in part because of his stand against climate change legislation.

“They’re trying to use global warming against the people,” Ms. Deaton said. “It takes way our liberty.”

“Being a strong Christian,” she added, “I cannot help but believe the Lord placed a lot of minerals in our country and it’s not there to destroy us.”

 

[jonKranked]

 

[Inclag]

Further down:

“Being a strong Christian,” she added, “I cannot help but believe the Lord placed a lot of minerals in our country and it’s not there to destroy us.”

... the irony if she were to be consumed by a landslide.


But seriously, where do these people get off thinking like this? I'd love to hear her perspective on tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, etc... What about Uranium?

 

[Andyman_1970]

Yeah that whole good steward thing is just a suggestion.............

That mindset stated above comes from a misunderstanding that God will destroy the earth and that those who "get" to participate in eternity will be somewhere else.......

It's interesting that my Jewish friends don't understand the earth and natural resources that way.

 

[Pesqueeb]

That must be why Jesus gave all of that mineral wealth to the good Christians in Afghanistan and China. Oh, wait..........

 

[jonKranked]

Yeah that whole good steward thing is just a suggestion.............

That mindset stated above comes from a misunderstanding that God will destroy the earth and that those who "get" to participate in eternity will be somewhere else.......

It's interesting that my Jewish friends don't understand the earth and natural resources that way.

wait wait wait wait... you mean to tell me that many Americans have a fundamental misunderstanding of the Bible?

color me surprised

 

[Andyman_1970]

wait wait wait wait... you mean to tell me that many Americans have a fundamental misunderstanding of the Bible?

color me surprised

Shocking isn't it.............

I was pleasantly surprised when I left Evangelicalism and became involved in a "mainline" protestant denomination (Methodist) as to how "whole" their understanding of the Text was. I'm not saying it's perfect, but it's light years more contextually accurate than the Southern Baptist experience I had.....

 

[Pesqueeb]

I'm not saying it's perfect, but it's light years more contextually accurate than the Southern Baptist experience I had.....

Lets be honest, Atillah the Hun was contextually light years ahead of the average Southern Baptist.

 

[Inclag]

wait wait wait wait... you mean to tell me that many Americans have a fundamental misunderstanding of the Bible?

color me surprised

It's book club for the idiots!

 

[Andyman_1970]

Lets be honest, Atillah the Hun was contextually light years ahead of the average Southern Baptist.

Agreed..........

 

[the desmondo]

Harold Lewis must have just read the bible then?

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Harold Lewis must have just read the bible then?

I really don't want to think about how hairy your lewis is...ok?

kthxbai.

 

[BurlyShirley]

Who care what happens to THIS stupid planet? Im going to the land of milk and honey BITCHEZ!

 

[kidwoo]

"I'm real fvcking dumb. Let me weigh in on science"

 

[X3pilot]

 

[amishmatt]

Urge to kill...rising...

 

[jonKranked]

I'm going to blame Jesus for the spill at the aluminum plant in Hungary. and all the coal ash spills. We can pray the mess and poison and radioactivity away right?

 

[Andyman_1970]