Energy Committee Chairman Candidate Says God Promised no More Catastrophic Climate Change after Noah

[muriel_volestrangler]

Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), who will seek the Energy and Commerce Committee chairmanship maintains that we do not have to worry about climate change because God promised in the Bible not to destroy the world again after Noah’s flood.

YouTube has the video:

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About half the newly elected Congressmen are climate deniers (and if past experience is any guide, about a third of them are criminals).

http://www.juancole.com/2010/11/energy-committee-chairman-candidate-says-god-promised-no-more-catastrophic-climate-change-after-noah.html?rainbow

:banghead:

(PS: we really need a facepalm smiley)

[KamaAina]

1. Yes, but S/He sealed that promise with a rainbow

which usually appears over Hawai'i, which as we all know is not part of 'Murka but is a province of Kenya. :sarcasm:

[county worker]

2. I'm no bible thumper but I think it says no more floods.

So what about Katrina?

[KansDem]

3. When I read this thread title, I thought it was from "The Onion"

Then I saw it wasn't! Now I don't know whether to laugh or cry...

[haifa lootin]

11. Same here, I thought "nobody could actually be that fucking insane"

guess I misjudged him. :grr:

[Ezlivin]

4. This is WHY they are so fucking dangerous

Most people would blow off the ridiculous statements in the bible, but fundamentalists like Rep. Shimkus actually believe it.

But what makes him dangerous is that he's willing to act on that belief.

That's scary as hell.

[stopbush]

8. I just wish that a rationalist in Congress would come out and say

"the fucking Bible is fucking make believe, and you're a fucking child for believing that fucking shit and a fucking idiot to boot!"


But that probably won't happen...

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. +1

:applause:

[AlabamaLibrul]

5. It's not God destroying Earth, IT'S FUCKING MORONS LIKE HIM! n/t

[enough]

9. Great point. I wonder if this could be used to bring a little ray of momentary THOUGHT into

some of these heads.

[TheWraith]

6. This is why magical thinkers should be kept the fuck out of government.

Anyone who can seriously suggest that "God said so" is an answer to scientific evidence is dangerous.

[FiveGoodMen]

7. This is why we can't let mental children run the country.

If you haven't stopped believing in Santa Claus -- or his malevolent big brother -- you're not a grown-up yet.

[Angry Dragon]

15. Please enlighten me why Santa Claus did not or does not exist

[FiveGoodMen]

16. Oh he does. He really does.

:eyes:

[Angry Dragon]

18. I have never heard that the belief in Santa Claus caused anyone

to call someone immoral, hate people that were different,
to start wars, to state that anyone that did not believe in
him was going to hell.

I would think that the belief in Santa Claus causes
less hate in the world.

[FiveGoodMen]

19. Well, I agree that belief in Santa does not cause any of those things

And for that reason, I don't think it's important to do away with such belief.

On the other hand, if adults believed in Santa and if that belief affected their decisions -- say they neglected to provide for their own children because Santa was going to bring them everything they needed -- then it would be important to set the record straight.

[Yeshuah Ben Joseph]

10. Mr. Shimkus needs to read his Scriptures again

Dad sent some freaky weather to Egypt long after Noah's boat ride. You know, frogs, locusts, bloody water, hail that turned to fire, that sort of thing.

[gratuitous]

12. There's nothing wrong with having a fifth grade understanding of the Bible

As long as you're in fifth grade. Thank you, Illinois, for putting this nincompoop in Congress. Thank you, Republicans, for thinking about putting him in charge of anything more complicated than a four-inch length of string.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. Oh, good Lord!

:eyes:

[thereismore]

14. Holy Jesus on a hitch! What a fucking retard. Nothing else to add... nt

[Dappleganger]

17. So I take it he didn't read the book of Revelations?

[dawg]

20. Speaking as a Christian myself ...

the stupidity reflected in that statement is indicative of a man who does not have an adequate knowledge base (and/or intelligence) to either serve in the house or to intelligently discuss scripture.

For the sake of discussion, let's assume the truth of God's promise not to destroy the world again (by flood, that is). So?

Literally no one thinks that global climate change is going to *destroy the world*, let alone by flood. What it will do, is wreck the economies of most countries, displace millions of people, alter the maximum carry capacity of the world's food production, and generally make life miserable for most people who have to live through it.

God never promised, anywhere in the Bible, that he would step in and prevent us from *really fucking things up*. Slavery, WWII, the Inquisition (who expected that?), the Crusades - all should have taught us about the potential we have to really make a mess of things. And from a spiritual perspective, I think that is kind of the point. I think God has given us free will so we can make these choices, and bear the consequences, on our own.