{"id":27005,"date":"2012-03-08T14:20:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T21:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/08\/james-inhofe-is-a-dolt-bad-verses-edition.html"},"modified":"2012-03-08T14:20:56","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T21:20:56","slug":"james-inhofe-is-a-dolt-bad-verses-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/08\/james-inhofe-is-a-dolt-bad-verses-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"James Inhofe Is a Dolt (Bad Verses Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Y'know, I don't mind so much folks using Bible verses. In some contexts (e.g., "What does the Bible say about X?") they can be darned useful. In other contexts, less so.<\/p>\n

But if you're going to use them, try to use them intelligently.<\/i> As in, use them in a way that clearly demonstrates your point.<\/p>\n

Sen. Inhofe (R-OK) seems to think that the following verse (Gen. 8:22) disproves climate change: "As long as the earth remains there will be seed time and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night"<\/i><\/p>\n

Of course, nobody is claiming that a warming planet will stop having seasons, let alone spinning on its axis. I don't think anyone claims that plants will stop growing, or that there will not be some form of agriculture amongst the survivors of our present civilization.<\/p>\n

But that's like saying we don't need to worry about nuclear war because of that same passage. There's "seed time and harvest" in Ethiopia, and, heck, in Inhofe's own Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl … but I don't think anyone would suggest that those are the models to aspire to for comfort.<\/p>\n

Similarly, Inhofe tries to convince folks that environmental protection is some form of modern idolatry. "I would say that the other Scripture that I use quite frequently on this subject is Romans 1:25, \u2018They give up the truth about God for a lie and they worship God\u2019s creation instead of God, who will be praised forever.\u2019 In other words, they are trying to say we should worship the creation. We were reminded back in Romans that this was going to happen and sure enough it\u2019s happening."<\/i><\/p>\n

Most folks and climatologists I know of don't "worship the creation," at least not as a religious substitute for God — they are simply concerned about it (and about humanity's prosperity within it). By Inhofe's logic, if he is concerned about burglars breaking into his house and stealing stuff, then he's worshiping material goods rather than God, too.<\/p>\n

I try not to assume that folks presenting religious arguments are doing so from an ulterior motive, but these particular passage selections, and their Inhofian interpretations, are so lame that it's difficult to think that he's offering them up seriously. #ddtb<\/p>\n

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Y'know, I don't mind so much folks using Bible verses. In some contexts (e.g., "What does the Bible say about X?") they can be darned useful. In other contexts, less so. But if you're going to use them, try to use them intelligently. 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