On Rush Limbaugh's radio show earlier this week, the drug-addled Pillsbury Doughboy said this:
"See, in my humble opinion, folks, if you believe in God, then intellectually you cannot believe in manmade global warming ... You must be either agnostic or atheistic to believe that man controls something that he can't create."
First of all, how can strong religious beliefs be seen as "intellectual" in any context? Such individuals place their blind faith in a person they've never seen before, never heard, never spoken to, never met - yet they give their entire life to this invisible being in hopes that they'll be eternally rewarded after death in a land that they can't prove exists. That's about as "intellectual" as when my dog looks up at the ceiling, looks all around at seemingly nothing, and then goes outside to bark at a blade of grass.
Secondly, even if one believes in God, why is it he or she can't believe in global warming? Here's one thing that's always puzzled me about the Christian religion. There's a group of people that believes in predestination - they believe that God has mapped out a plan for every one of us. However, if that were true, then what would be the point of going to church, praying, and doing good deeds in the name of a higher power, considering we would already have been either selected or rejected to spend eternity in heaven upon our passing? No, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me either. In the other scenario, however, if we were given free will by a higher power, and our eternal fate was decided through our own beliefs and decision-making, then that would make more sense and Mr. Limbaugh's quote would appear to be quite the dumb one.
Mr. Limbaugh, do you believe in God? Yes? Do you believe in free will? If so, then wouldn't it be feasible for God to have created the world, provided mankind free will, and through our own decision-making, we could have caused global warming? The defense rests, your dishonor...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/14/2469341/limbaugh-christians-global-warming/
"See, in my humble opinion, folks, if you believe in God, then intellectually you cannot believe in manmade global warming ... You must be either agnostic or atheistic to believe that man controls something that he can't create."
First of all, how can strong religious beliefs be seen as "intellectual" in any context? Such individuals place their blind faith in a person they've never seen before, never heard, never spoken to, never met - yet they give their entire life to this invisible being in hopes that they'll be eternally rewarded after death in a land that they can't prove exists. That's about as "intellectual" as when my dog looks up at the ceiling, looks all around at seemingly nothing, and then goes outside to bark at a blade of grass.
Secondly, even if one believes in God, why is it he or she can't believe in global warming? Here's one thing that's always puzzled me about the Christian religion. There's a group of people that believes in predestination - they believe that God has mapped out a plan for every one of us. However, if that were true, then what would be the point of going to church, praying, and doing good deeds in the name of a higher power, considering we would already have been either selected or rejected to spend eternity in heaven upon our passing? No, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me either. In the other scenario, however, if we were given free will by a higher power, and our eternal fate was decided through our own beliefs and decision-making, then that would make more sense and Mr. Limbaugh's quote would appear to be quite the dumb one.
Mr. Limbaugh, do you believe in God? Yes? Do you believe in free will? If so, then wouldn't it be feasible for God to have created the world, provided mankind free will, and through our own decision-making, we could have caused global warming? The defense rests, your dishonor...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/14/2469341/limbaugh-christians-global-warming/
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