“The more carbon that gets released into the atmosphere, the higher the average temperature rises.
That's a scientific fact.
Human activities, such as driving, flying, building and even turning on the lights, are the biggest contributor to the release of carbon.
That too, is a fact.
And yet the majority of Republicans running for House and Senate seats this year disagree” (1).
That's a scientific fact.
Human activities, such as driving, flying, building and even turning on the lights, are the biggest contributor to the release of carbon.
That too, is a fact.
And yet the majority of Republicans running for House and Senate seats this year disagree” (1).
I know some of you agree with the ignorant and science-hating people mentioned in the article quoted above. And if the national action to curb greenhouse gasses is stalled by a recalcitrant congress we will all suffer, including the morons that deny the science. I am sorry for those of us that know the truth yet will probably suffer for the stupidity of the deniers. I am not sorry at all for the deniers. They will suffer along with the rest of us, and it will be their fault. Unfortunately the entire world is watching us make utter asses of ourselves while they take the problem seriously. Even China and India are preceding with carbon reduction programs. While we screw around with politics.
A student told me the other day in response to a discussion on this: “Well, we are all in God’s hands.” If that is true, then God just washed them. We are on our own. No Deus Ex Machina on the horizon for us. Just a lot of suffering. Thanks guys for ignoring the science. I hope you lose your elections, because if you don’t, we all lose.
1. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130776747&sc=nl&cc=nh-20101024
Image from same source as above citation.
A student told me the other day in response to a discussion on this: “Well, we are all in God’s hands.” If that is true, then God just washed them. We are on our own. No Deus Ex Machina on the horizon for us. Just a lot of suffering. Thanks guys for ignoring the science. I hope you lose your elections, because if you don’t, we all lose.
1. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130776747&sc=nl&cc=nh-20101024
Image from same source as above citation.
It could be, that having *made* our hands (according to the dominant mythology), God might rightly consider our hands to be Its hands. Which still pretty much makes it our problem.
ReplyDeleteIt's not my intention to be argumentative, but I do need to point out that Matt's comment is a logical fallacy.
ReplyDeleteFor your comment to be a logical argument (a logical syllogism), it would have to look more like this:
A. God made our hands
B. Our hands are his hands
therefore
C. It's his problem
If this is indeed the case, since the problem is just getting worse and God hasn't either a. fixed everything or b. forced us to stop
I'm compelled to conclude that God either wants us all to die so he can just start over. If so, he should just blow us up or somethng a little faster that involves less suffering. Since God hasn't done that I'm forced to conclude that he's a psychopath who enjoys suffering.
Logic is amazing isn't it? ;)
I hope I didn't push any buttons here.
That was the point I was going for: basing an argument on an illogical premise renders the whole argument suspect. I was just being more snide than necessary.
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