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To: longnshort who wrote (5269)	5/18/2010 3:06:34 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

I know it is true - Nancy Pelosi says so... The Bible and Global Warming People who say politicians do not know their Bible are not aware of all the biblical quotations we find in speeches published by the distinguished men and women who serve in Congress. At times, politicians like to act like preachers. Politicians like to quote the Bible to prove their argument is solid. Take the case of the Honorable Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California and the Speaker of the House. In a speech before the House Science and Technology Committee Hearing, she spoke on the pressing issue of global warming. Speaker Pelosi said that the future of our children and grandchildren is in our hands. She spoke about the need to act now in order to save our planet. To prove her point, that government needs to act now and tackle “humanity’s greatest challenge,” she quoted the Bible. She said: The Bible tells us in the Old Testament, “To minister to the needs of God's creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us.” These are touching words. This biblical admonition is very important and highly relevant to the pressing issue of global warming. Too bad this biblical admonition is not in the Old Testament. Claude Mariottini Professor of Old Testament Northern Baptist Seminary doctor.claudemariottini.com

To: longnshort who wrote (5269)	5/18/2010 4:43:55 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

"reminds me of the liberal's Global Warming myth" It is not a myth. Human beings affect their planet. Starting billions of fires everyday and driving them all over are certainly real events and that is just a small part. If you lit ten fires in your nuthouse every day and burned ten pots of gas you would know you existed and that what you did mattered and you could not pretend otherwise. Scientists know very well that what people do makes a difference to the environment. Even monkeys know that and so does every creature with more than ten cells in their brain. Would the climate change if there were no people?? Of course it would--and does and always has. Are humans ACCELERATING global warning in this day and time at this time and place? Obviously! Is our impact significant enough that we could change our behaviors en masse and make a significant change in how greater factors impact how geological history unfolds? I have no idea. Will the oceans rise in the future and flood out entire countries? YES. Will there be ice ages in the future that will bring huge glaciers across inhabited areas? YES? Will there be causes for these events? YES. Is human behavior a subset of the set of causes? YES. Or does human behavior operate in a parallel universe which has no effect on this one? Not likely. Does EVERY scientist know that humanity is accelerating changes in climate? YES! even if they pretend otherwise.