DC lobbyist on global warming:Is God really going to let the Earth burn up?

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1786227,00.html

Wing and a prayer: religious right got Bush elected - now they are fighting each other

Campaigners who fail to keep the hardline faith face threats and intimidation

Stephen Bates, religious affairs correspondent
Wednesday May 31, 2006
The Guardian


In his consulting room in a suburb of Montgomery, Alabama, gastrologist Randy Brinson is a worried man. A staunch Republican and devout Baptist, Dr Brinson can claim substantial credit for getting George Bush re-elected in 2004. It was his Redeem the Vote initiative that may have persuaded up to 25 million people to turn out for President Bush. Yet his wife is receiving threats from anonymous conservative activists warning her husband to stay away from politics. snip

Another Washington lobbyist on the religious right told the Guardian: "Rich is just being stupid on this issue. There may be a debate to be had but ... people can only sustain so many moral movements in their lifetime. Is God really going to let the Earth burn up?"

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1. It reminds me of that joke

Flood waters are rising, and a man is standing on his roof. "God, save me!" he prays. A canoe comes floating by, but he watches is pass, saying "God will save me." Two guys come by in a rowboat, but he turns them away, saying "God will save me." Then a helicopter flies overhead, hovers over him, and lowers a rope, but he turns it away, saying "God will save me." The waters rise and rise, and finally wash him away.

When he arrives in Heaven, he meets God. "Why didn't you save me?" he asks.

"What do you mean?" asks God. "I sent a canoe, a rowboat, and a helicopter!"