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One of the biggest changes in politics in my lifetime is that the delusional is no longer marginal. It has come in from the fringe, to sit in the seat of power in the Oval Office and in Congress. For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.
Theology asserts propositions that cannot be proven true; ideologues hold stoutly to a worldview despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality. When ideology and theology couple, their offspring are not always bad but they are always blind. And there is the danger: voters and politicians alike, oblivious to the facts.
Remember James Watt, President Ronald Reagan's first secretary of the interior? My favorite online environmental journal, the ever-engaging Grist, reminded us recently of how James Watt told the U.S. Congress that protecting natural resources was unimportant in light of the imminent return of Jesus Christ. In public testimony he said, "after the last tree is felled, Christ will come back."
Beltway elites snickered. The press corps didn't know what he was talking about. But James Watt was serious. So were his compatriots out across the country. They are the people who believe the Bible is literally true - one-third of the American electorate, if a recent Gallup poll is accurate. In this past election several million good and decent citizens went to the polls believing in the rapture index...
Originally posted by knights5629
It is amazing how quick some members of ATS are to post articles that are somehow slamming Christians. Icarus Rising, you call yourself a journalist, but I don't see any journalism going on here. You simply and blindly repeat what you have recieved in an email. Way to go, you can read. Can't think for yourself, but you can read.
Originally posted by knights5629
Again, where is your documentation? All I see is your opinion, not concrete facts. Show me the proof.
I read that the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has declared the election a mandate for President Bush on the environment. This for an administration:
• That wants to rewrite the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act protecting rare plant and animal species and their habitats, as well as the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires the government to judge beforehand whether actions might damage natural resources.
• That wants to relax pollution limits for ozone; eliminate vehicle tailpipe inspections, and ease pollution standards for cars, sport-utility vehicles and diesel-powered big trucks and heavy equipment.
• That wants a new international audit law to allow corporations to keep certain information about environmental problems secret from the public.
• That wants to drop all its new-source review suits against polluting, coal-fired power plants and weaken consent decrees reached earlier with coal companies.
• That wants to open the Arctic [National] Wildlife Refuge to drilling and increase drilling in Padre Island National Seashore, the longest stretch of undeveloped barrier island in the world and the last great coastal wild land in America.
Originally posted by knights5629
So when writing a thread as long as I call it a theory, I can say just about anything. And I don't need to supply any form of documentation to back up my statement.
I received this by e-mail the other day, and it is so disturbing and rings so true to me that I have to post it and get feedback.
Originally posted by knights5629 ...most members of ATS are as blind and stupid as the rest the world...
Originally posted by knights5629
It is amazing how quick some members of ATS are to post articles that are somehow slamming Christians. Icarus Rising, you call yourself a journalist, but I don't see any journalism going on here. You simply and blindly repeat what you have recieved in an email. Way to go, you can read. Can't think for yourself, but you can read.
This goes to show that most members of ATS are as blind and stupid as the rest the world. Blaming Christians for the environment , next they will be blaming Christians for the Hurricanes in Florida, Earthquakes and Tsumanmies in Asia.
Well being one of those Christians, I have always been taught and I have always taught, and I will always teach, that the World was given to us to take care of. I believe in Environmental responsiblity; I believe in preserving Nature the best way we know how; I believe that we are to live in harmony with nature. In fact, I don't know of any Christian in any church that I have attended, visited, or talked to who wants to destroy the environment.
But according to Icarus, Right wing Religous people want to destroy the environment. If that was true, I want to see the evidence. Don't just spout off the first thing that come to your email. I want hard, concrete numbers that state that very position. Only then can we have a serious debate.
Originally posted by James the Lesser
Hey, republicans aren't the only ones with guns, most democrats do to, we just don't think your car needs a missle launcher attached to it. Although, no crimes that I know of have been commited with a missle launcher in America. Actually, some want to ban the .50 caliber anti tank gun, but look it up, NONE has ever been used in a crime, at least in America, not speaking of the crimes against humanity Bush has carried out on Arabic civillians in Iraq.