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(96,882 posts) Wed Apr 10, 2013, 02:38 PM Apr 2013

Republican Congressman Cites Biblical Great Flood To Say Climate Change Isn't Man-Made [View all]

Source: Buzzfeed

A Republican Congressman cited the biblical flood as an example of climate change that had not been caused by humans. Texas Rep. Joe Barton made those remarks Wednesday at the Subcommittee on Energy and Power hearing on H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act, a bill that would give Congress the authority approve the Keystone pipeline.

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Barton continued to say he didn't deny the climate was changing, but argued that the change was due to natural causes, as he has in the past.

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Barton then cited the biblical Great Flood as an example of climate change not caused by man.

"I would point out that if you're a believer in in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood is an example of climate change and that certainly wasn't because mankind had overdeveloped hydrocarbon energy."

He'll be here all week, folks...

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Republican Congressman Cites Biblical Great Flood To Say Climate Change Isn't Man-Made [View all] brooklynite Apr 2013 OP

If we were a sane country, this man alsame Apr 2013 #1

+2000 AsahinaKimi Apr 2013 #25

Or Siri tularetom Apr 2013 #26

Isn't that so nice and simple? Newest Reality Apr 2013 #2

simple, especially. nt Xipe Totec Apr 2013 #8

He doesn't get out much.... Swede Atlanta Apr 2013 #3

do`t forget the tribes of the great lakes description of the great flood madrchsod Apr 2013 #9

Did the tribes of the great lakes also think that the world was flat? Did China? AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #15

Joe "shake down" Barton LeftInTX Apr 2013 #4

My cynical rebuttal would be... synapticwave Apr 2013 #5

Broncos vs Seahawks were my Superbowl picks for last season. chknltl Apr 2013 #13

He'll blame the gays TrogL Apr 2013 #18

That's right Politicalboi Apr 2013 #27

Blatant pandering to the Gozinta challenged. chknltl Apr 2013 #6

He's a simpleton. IQ approximately 87. AAO Apr 2013 #7

As Jon might say: "That's gotta be good for 40% of his salary" Duer 157099 Apr 2013 #10

Ummm... Joe... Actually, the Flood WAS "caused by man..." RevStPatrick Apr 2013 #11

Thank you Joe for so precisely pinning the tail on that elephant, "overdeveloped hydrocarbon energy" Coyotl Apr 2013 #12

A great flood that covered everything? The earth hasn't been flat in some time. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #14

Joe, could you have Mr. God come to a hearing rurallib Apr 2013 #16

That one sentence was a throw away line, just a comment that climate change can be natural. happyslug Apr 2013 #17

Isn't this the idiot who yelled "You lie!" at Obama during a SOTU speech? Archae Apr 2013 #19

No-you're thinking of Joe Walsh. brooklynite Apr 2013 #23

Actually it was Joe Wilson. jaded_old_cynic Apr 2013 #30

It's so hard to tell the difference between those right-win nutjobs. Archae Apr 2013 #32

An honest mistake. jaded_old_cynic Apr 2013 #33

My mother taught me not to make fun of other people's religions CanonRay Apr 2013 #20

Not much changed since the trial of Galileo question everything Apr 2013 #21

That's sad. bamacrat Apr 2013 #22

Damn Solly Mack Apr 2013 #24

How does he know God didn't do it with greenhouse gases? caseymoz Apr 2013 #28

Bible, eh? Enrique Apr 2013 #29

Next he cited Methuselah to oppose ObamaCare NickB79 Apr 2013 #31

Or 'Republican declares he is a complete and utter fool and unfit for office' on point Apr 2013 #34

Easy to see why the GO put him on the Subcommittee on Energy and Power benld74 Apr 2013 #35