God won't let us get too hot

From Talking Points Memo:

Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) is running to be the head of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has a key role in climate policy. And he created a stir a couple weeks ago after he reiterated his belief that global warming is not a problem because God has promised he wouldn't destroy the Earth again after Noah's flood.

Charles Jaco, of the KTVI in St.Louis, just interviewed Shimkus on God's promise and the hidden upsides of global warming.

 

Posted by Jim Naughton on November 22, 2010 7:04 PM | |
Comments (6)

It is to laugh . . . if I wasn't too busy CRYING.

JC Fisher

Posted by tgflux [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 22, 2010 8:32 PM

Interesting. I've been a youth pastor these many years, and I remember a teenager once delivering a bit of sardonic humor:

"The rainbow is God's promise that he will never again the destroy the earth by flood. (Pause) Next time it will be by fire."

Shimkus is a Shimkus.

Posted by Tim Sean [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 22, 2010 10:37 PM

Simplistic theology makes for bad public policy. God may have promised that he would never destroy the earth after the flood, but he never promised man wouldn't destroy it -- God brought on the flood that Noah rode out, but man is bringing on global warming. "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it" (Psalm 24:1), and he charged us with being stewards and caretakers of it -- not greedy, ungrateful tenants who trash the place. Polluting the earth for selfish gain and lazy living does not square with love of God or neighbor.

Posted by Gregory Orloff [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 22, 2010 10:51 PM

Divine Providence is no excuse for irresponsibility.

Remember the parable of the people who build on sand or stone?

Posted by tobias haller [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 23, 2010 8:44 AM

Sometimes it's very hard to hold some of my brothers and sisters in Christ in esteem when they languish in such obvious stupidity.
But it does remind me of Robert Frost's poem:

Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

D Curlin

Posted by hduggie [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 23, 2010 10:01 AM

As the desert nomads say when tying up their camels for the night, trust in God but tie up your camel first.

BTW, this isn't the first time there's been a curious job assignment in Congress: witness Charles Rangle's oversight of tax law.

Posted by John B. Chilton [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 23, 2010 10:18 AM

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