James Watt II?
On 05/13/2014 06:16 PM, 'Rick Archer' r...@searchsummit.com
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
Senator Rubio: If God Wants the Climate to Change, We Must Let It
Written by Alex Kuzio <http://www.newslo.com/author/alex-kuzio/> /May
12th 2014/
WASHINGTON – Republican Senator Marco Rubio (FL), a prominent
Christian and noted skeptic of climate change science, yesterday
argued that Americans should resist efforts
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-rubio-denies-climate-change-20140511-story.html> by
the federal government to curb carbon dioxide emissions. Sen. Rubio,
who is a likely candidate for president in 2016, said that such
programs would be “against God’s Will,” since “for all we know, God
/wants /the Earth to get warmer.”
Speaking at a luncheon with potential donors, Rubio admitted that
“it’s getting more and more difficult to deny that the Earth is
getting hotter—just look at the new NASA report.”
Rubio was referring to two studies released Monday
<http://www.businessinsider.com/west-antarctic-ice-sheet-collapse-means-2014-5> which
indicate that the “melting of the Western Antarctic Ice sheet is
unstoppable, and the glaciers are doomed to collapse and melt into the
sea,” which will raise sea levels significantly, leaving much of the
world’s coastal cities underwater.
“So yeah, I don’t deny it’s happening,” Rubio said. “But what we
absolutely /cannot /say for sure is that a warming Earth is not just
part of God’s plan,” Rubio explained. “God knows what He’s doing, and
it pleases Him to see half of Manhattan underwater and Miami wiped out
completely, then we cannot stand in His way.”
Rubio is a Roman Catholic, although he and his family practiced as
Mormons for a time. He has said that he believes “with all [his] heart
that God still destines for us an even better future and the
opportunity to continue to serve as an inspiration to the world.”
Today Rubio said that climate change doesn’t necessarily dash the
hopes for a better future. “God destines us for a better future, and
rising sea levels are a part of that, then it must be for the best,”
he said.
Rubio’s remarks follow those he made on Sunday, when he told “This
Week” host George Stephanopoulos that he does not believe climate
change is the result of human activity.
“I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic
changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it…
[and] I do not believe that the laws that they propose we pass will do
anything about it, except it will destroy our economy,” Rubio added.
Today the senator clarified those remarks. “What I /meant /was that
Jesus Himself is probably responsible for global warming,” he said. “I
can’t tell you exactly /why /he’s doing it, but that’s what Faith is
for—/trusting /that Jesus is warming up the planet so we can all live
in water parks or something equally awesome.”
