Religious belief stifling U.S. climate change action

No worries Denny -- you could've/should've put my last point in green.

 

And your point is?

 

It was good for a laugh or two.

 

I'm working on it.

 

I found the article comical (and thus, the original poster). Unless the study is much different than what the article is reporting, it doesn't even come close to passing as scientific, statistical or logical.

 

So religion is stifling the government because they are scared Bible thumping republicans will shoot down any ideas because they think Jesus is coming.

That is so stupid its hilarious.

 

Without the threat of karma/afterlife, there is really no need to care for the earth after we're gone. we're already gone. fuck the future.


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A secondary conclusion to an original study from 2007.

What is this thread supposed to be about?

 

Have you ever read Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis? Yeah, it's by the same guy that wrote some good works of fiction, like The Chronicles of Narnia, but he actually approaches Christianity, the modern complaints and conceptions of it at least, in a very interesting way.

That's one of the few books I've read cover to cover more than once. He explains both Christian ideology and doctrine in a modern context very well, offering his own perspective and skepticism along the way. There are a few logical holes in some of his explanations, but they're few and far between, and none the less, it's a great read for a practicing Christian.

The description from Amazon -

In 1941 England, when all hope was threatened by the inhumanity of war, C. S. Lewis was invited to give a series of radio lectures addressing the central issues of Christianity. More than half a century later, these talks continue to retain their poignancy. First heard as informal radio broadcasts on the BBC, the lectures were published as three books and subsequently combined as Mere Christianity. C. S. Lewis proves that "at the center of each there is something, or a Someone, who against all divergences of belief, all differences of temperament, all memories of mutual persecution, speaks with the same voice," rejecting the boundaries that divide Christianity's many denominations. This twentieth century masterpiece provides an unequaled opportunity for believers and nonbelievers alike to hear a powerful, rational case for the Christian faith.

 

C.S Lewis is my hero!

Just a few other great books he's written: The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles, of Narnia, and Pilgrim's Regress.....among many, many others...

 

come on denny, this kind of statement is beneath you. what people have historically believed is utterly irrelevant. the fact that more people have believed in god is not evidence that god is more likely to exist than fairies. most people who have ever lived have been ignorant morons.

 

ouch. i feel sorry for you if you think C.S. Lewis is anything other than a good fiction author. he's not any kind of intellectual and none of his philsophical arguments for theism or christianity are particularly original or even close to sound.

 

You're absolutely right. I agree with you 100%.

 

Read the context again. You agree with Denny here.

 

Don't. The other side has 10 bristling guys. Why can't we have one.

 

I don't bristle. I come in peace and love.