12-13-2007, 01:53 PM
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The Pope condemns the climate change prophets of doom
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...=1811&ito=1490
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Pope Benedict XVI has launched a surprise attack on climate change prophets of doom, warning them that any solutions to global warming must be based on firm evidence and not on dubious ideology.
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oh the irony.
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12-13-2007, 01:58 PM
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LOL! Excuse me while I get some paper towel to clean the water off my monitor. That is outstanding.
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12-13-2007, 01:59 PM
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very ironic...but he has a point!
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12-13-2007, 01:59 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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I had to click on the link to make sure it wasn't an Onion article.
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12-13-2007, 02:00 PM
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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Originally Posted by Table 5
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So very true. And what exactly in his resume makes him knowledgeable enough to speak on a scientific issue, and specifically climate change?
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12-13-2007, 02:02 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Give the Pope a break. They just recently admitted Galileo was right.
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12-13-2007, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
So very true. And what exactly in his resume makes him knowledgeable enough to speak on a scientific issue, and specifically climate change?
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yup almost has bad as a politician with motives...
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12-13-2007, 02:08 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
So very true. And what exactly in his resume makes him knowledgeable enough to speak on a scientific issue, and specifically climate change?
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Nothing. But he knows a dubious ideology when he see one.
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12-13-2007, 02:22 PM
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
yup almost has bad as a politician with motives...
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No kidding ... birds of a feather. Frankly, I'd say we're doomed.
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12-13-2007, 02:24 PM
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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Originally Posted by BlackEleven
Nothing. But he knows a dubious ideology when he see one.
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Har har ... good one. 
Actually, you're right. That does give him some authority on the topic.
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12-13-2007, 02:39 PM
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Had an idea!
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Originally Posted by troutman
Give the Pope a break. They just recently admitted Galileo was right.
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I agree.
Give it another couple thousand years....and we'll be good to go. 
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12-13-2007, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Azure
I agree.
Give it another couple thousand years....and we'll be good to go. |
hey, the catholic church has come further in the past 50 years than in it's entire prior history...likey just one thousand years 
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12-13-2007, 03:33 PM
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Again, a worthless figure makes a public statement. Next thing we know Al Gore will be getting the Nobel Peace Price for frack sakes - oh wait.
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12-13-2007, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Again, a worthless figure makes a public statement. Next thing we know Al Gore will be getting the Nobel Peace Price for frack sakes - oh wait.
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wow dude, classy.
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12-13-2007, 04:53 PM
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Had an idea!
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Originally Posted by ricoFlame
hey, the catholic church has come further in the past 50 years than in it's entire prior history...likey just one thousand years |
As such, I apologize for exaggerating. 
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12-13-2007, 05:07 PM
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I think we should take the pope very seriously, afterall, he has a Phd in Environmental sciences and is far removed from the influences of power and excess. Now we just need to hear George Clooney's rebuttle and the world will be fixed, lets hear it for dangerously underqualified opinions!
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12-13-2007, 05:21 PM
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Again, a worthless figure makes a public statement. Next thing we know Al Gore will be getting the Nobel Peace Price for frack sakes - oh wait.
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Thats not a very nice thing to say about someone who is infallible.
(the Pope I mean)
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12-13-2007, 05:47 PM
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wow, I don't understand how people can have such hate for somebody they have never even met. The fact is that the pope is a very influential person. I wouldn't be surprised if half of you would classify the POPE in the same category as murderers, drunk drivers and rapists.
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a worthless figure makes a public statement.
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remember the crowds that gathered when john paul II died? yeah, the pope is definitely a worthless figure. not influential at all.
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12-13-2007, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
So very true. And what exactly in his resume makes him knowledgeable enough to speak on a scientific issue, and specifically climate change?
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Didn't look past your post to see if this was answered already so....
Do you need to be a scientist to have an opinion on this subject? And from what I read he wasn't voicing his opinion on the science but on the hysterical howls of doom.
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12-13-2007, 06:01 PM
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I wouldn't be surprised if half of you would classify the POPE in the same category as murderers, drunk drivers and rapists.
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Given the Catholic Church's position on condom use, the Pope can be seen as actively helping the spread of HIV. How many thousands (millions?) of Africans will have contracted the virus because that's one continent where the Church still holds a great deal of influence. So yeah, I don't see the Pope as being much better than a murderer, drunk driver, or rapist.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3176982.stm
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The Catholic Church has been accused of telling people in countries with high rates of HIV that condoms do not protect against the deadly virus.
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The WHO also attacked the Catholic Church's comments.
"Statements like this are quite dangerous, " a spokeswoman told BBC News Online.
"We are facing a global pandemic which has already killed more than 20 million people and currently affects around 42 million.
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