Minnesota GOP lawmaker Mary Franson dismissed climate change concerns in a state committee hearing, saying her faith in Jesus Christ—not scientists—guides her view
A storm descends on a small town, and the downpour soon turns into a flood. As the waters rise, the local preacher kneels in prayer on the church porch, surrounded by water. By and by, one of the townsfolk comes up the street in a canoe.
“Better get in, Preacher. The waters are rising fast”.
“No,” says the preacher. “I have faith in the Lord. He will save me”.
Still the waters rise. Now the preacher is up on the balcony, wringing his hands in supplication, when another guy zips up in a motorboat.
“Come on, Preacher. We need to get you out of here. The levee’s gonna break any minute”.
Once again, the preacher is unmoved. “I shall remain. The Lord will see me through”.
After a while the levee breaks, and the flood rushes over the church until only the steeple remains above water. The preacher is up there, clinging to the cross, when a helicopter descends out of the clouds, and a state trooper calls down to him through a megaphone.
“Grab the ladder, Preacher. This is your last chance”.
Once again, the preacher insists the Lord will deliver him.
And, predictably, he drowns.
A pious man, the preacher goes to heaven. After a while he gets an interview with God, and he asks the Almighty, “Lord, I had unwavering faith in you. Why didn’t you deliver me from that flood?”
God shakes his head. “What did you want from me? I sent you two boats and a helicopter!”
Love each other.
Love god.
Both are about loving God‘s creation - if you‘re into that kind of stuff.
That‘s the main quest in christianity - and as far as I‘m aware in all other religions. So „dismissing Climate change concerns“ because you don‘t want to trust people who are knowledgable about the matter, at least from my agnostic point of view, is about as contrary to those beliefs as it can get. Because you‘re so superstitious that you can‘t acknowledge the fact you might be biased, you might be uninformed, you don‘t understand, that you simply assume everyone else must be stupid or evil.
That guy they pretend to love so much is said to have said: „ Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?“.
But they comfortably leave out all the parts in the Bible that are purely about self-reflection, self-awareness and self-knowledge.
And how do you think Jesus would handle climate change from Heaven?
Maybe…by encouraging human beings to solve the problem that humans created? The one thing she refuses to do?
The Parable of the Drowning Man
A storm descends on a small town, and the downpour soon turns into a flood. As the waters rise, the local preacher kneels in prayer on the church porch, surrounded by water. By and by, one of the townsfolk comes up the street in a canoe.
“Better get in, Preacher. The waters are rising fast”.
“No,” says the preacher. “I have faith in the Lord. He will save me”.
Still the waters rise. Now the preacher is up on the balcony, wringing his hands in supplication, when another guy zips up in a motorboat.
“Come on, Preacher. We need to get you out of here. The levee’s gonna break any minute”.
Once again, the preacher is unmoved. “I shall remain. The Lord will see me through”.
After a while the levee breaks, and the flood rushes over the church until only the steeple remains above water. The preacher is up there, clinging to the cross, when a helicopter descends out of the clouds, and a state trooper calls down to him through a megaphone.
“Grab the ladder, Preacher. This is your last chance”.
Once again, the preacher insists the Lord will deliver him.
And, predictably, he drowns.
A pious man, the preacher goes to heaven. After a while he gets an interview with God, and he asks the Almighty, “Lord, I had unwavering faith in you. Why didn’t you deliver me from that flood?”
God shakes his head. “What did you want from me? I sent you two boats and a helicopter!”
Love each other. Love god. Both are about loving God‘s creation - if you‘re into that kind of stuff.
That‘s the main quest in christianity - and as far as I‘m aware in all other religions. So „dismissing Climate change concerns“ because you don‘t want to trust people who are knowledgable about the matter, at least from my agnostic point of view, is about as contrary to those beliefs as it can get. Because you‘re so superstitious that you can‘t acknowledge the fact you might be biased, you might be uninformed, you don‘t understand, that you simply assume everyone else must be stupid or evil.
That guy they pretend to love so much is said to have said: „ Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?“.
But they comfortably leave out all the parts in the Bible that are purely about self-reflection, self-awareness and self-knowledge.