The Cincinnati Beacon notices a relationship between global warming and pirates.
General consciousness about global warming seems to have reached a new critical mass, perhaps thanks to Al Gore’s movie and the growing awareness of green technologies.
But has anyone noticed, while more people become aware of global warming and take steps to combat it, that our culture has become filled with even more pirates? Pirates, in many ways, are experiencing a renaissance in America right now.
Read it here.
Good morning, Zankou!
Hi, revered funky symbol dude!
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This comment is not the one that was first. Post number one made by Wench Octarine was the initial one.
must be the exact string first. Post something similar?
Hahahahahaha :) the joys of maturity - we’ve found a new sport :D
Global Warming is all to do with the FSM not CO2, and we should help his spagheti footprint by dressing up every friday and eating more pasta
But the FSM invented carbon dioxide! He wanted the plants to breathe too, you know. So it is about CO2 indirectly. However, your plan of dressing up every Friday and eating more pasta is to be commended :)
Hi, this is the first time that I have posted here. My name is Shawn. I have just found this site from my friend who is doing an online ministry. He is a good man, retired Military, and wounded in combat in WW2 but still very active. I thought it would be good to ask people here what they really think of global warming. Science is good for many things but in this case there is no real proof that the Earth is not going through one of it’s normal warming phrases. Over the last 6000 years there has been slight gloabal temperature fluctuation, science has shown this. This Earth was created for us by God and I don’t believe that God would purposely try to sabotage His own work, because this would be contrary to everything He has told us. But I would like to hear your thoughts too on this. Perhaps if you are in doubt about anything I can help to point you in the direction of some answers.
In Christ,
Shawn
Hi Shawn,
I have to tell you that I do not believe in god. FSM maybe, god no. I by default do not believe he tells us anything, that was just a bunch of old men trying to set up some rules for a bronze-age tribal society.
And I think that a) yes the earth is going through fases and temperatures fluctuate. but b) humankind is making it worse by pollution and cutting down forests.
Which is dumb and not helping survival in the long run.
Hi, Red Dutch Pasta Wench, have you read the Bible? Because it clearly states that the young and old chose of their own free will to follow the Lord Jesus Christ. The society of that time was not entirely tribal and there were many who were unhappy with the governments. When they found the Lord and lived by His wishes, they were able to be the founders of Christianity which is saving the world. I know that humans are causing pollution, this is very true, but God created the Earth to be a proper home for us and His work cannot be undone by the doings of mortals. This is why I believe that global warming is not the threat it is made out to be, I know some scientists see it that way but we are not privy to knowing the Lord’s work at all times, this is why we have faith.
In Christ,
Shawn
Yes, I’ve read it, it is a poor piece of fiction, with loads of propaganda mixed in. And I simply do not have faith in some kind of god, christ, whatever. I also do not believe they will save us from our own stupidity. Believing he will save you from global warming is daft and dangerous too, that way it is clearly no longer your responsibility. Very handy, but too easy a way out in my opinion.
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I chose to believe I am responsible formy own actions, if I screw up things will go wrong. There will be no deity (insert deity of choice) to save us and make things right, no matter how hard you might wish to.
…and I honestly thought Cincinnati wasn’t good for anything!
And might I add, Shawn, that it’s not just “some scientists” anymore. I believe that the majority of scientists (even Christian scientists) accept global warming as a fact.
I thought the Christian God was coming back to destroy the world anyway.
So fuck it. All you Christians can go out and buy 4×4 cars and fly everywhere.
It doesn’t really matter. Jesus didn’t teach environmentalism and wouldn’t have needed to.
Hey guys. I just read your posts on global warming. The whole issue of global warming is quite clear and not even religious. First of all, humans are definitely conrtibuting to global warming via mass combustion of fossil fuels increasing CO2 content in the atmosphere. Nearly anyone who knows anything about science at all can not argue with the fact that CO2 is, in fact a greenhouse gas, meaning, in simple terms, that the more of it there is, the warmer the earth will be. Also, CO2 is water soluble, moreso at lower temperatures. This means that the more CO2 we release into the atmosphere, the warmer it gets, and the warmer it gets, the more CO2 is released from the oceans into the atmosphere. Needless to say, if we don’t do something to stop this, we have a positive feedback loop of increasing temperatures on our hands, AKA a big problem.
Now, to tie into religion; In terms of Christianity, (and keep in mind that I am not a Christian), I hardly believe that any moral God of any kind would want to watch his/her own creation destroyed by another creation (like humans killing off coral reefs and arctic wildlife as a result of global warming). Also, I don’t that any God would want to see his/her own creation kill itself. For, not only does combustion of fossil fuel produce CO2, but also, it produces nitrous oxides which are primary air pollutants (need I say more).
In terms of the FSM, I believe that the correlation between pirates and global warming may be very correct, for in times when there were more pirates, people (like the pirates) traveled by sea, using wind-powered vessels. no true pirate would succumb to the combustion of fossil fuels, so therefore, increasing the number of pirates in the world would decrease fossil fuel combustion and decrease global warming.
I don’t mean to insult any religion, because I don’t think it really matters who believes in what. What does matter is imposing beliefs on others which is morally wrong. Also, insulting someone else’s religion is just cruel. I think we need to all band together, despite religion and do our part to combat fossil fuel combustion.
Stereo Typical Environmentalist is all wrong about Christianity. They don’t give a monkies about the earth because they’re all waiting for Judgement.
But STE is right that wind power pirate ships made from sustainable wood have fantastic green credentials.
Yay Pirates. Boo Christians.
Hey - if the big dude upstairs didn’t want us to burn coal why did he bury a load of it for us to find.
“And the Lord did say, “this is my planet, of which I am well pleased - there you go folks - have a ball. If you break it I’ll make you a new one!” Genesis chapter half.
STE - the Xians think that God gave them dominion over the planet, and the animals, so they can fuck it up as much as they like.
Pastafarians believe that the world is fun, so we should look after it and beer is very good, and we tend to like sex a lot too - so who do you think is right?
Hi, Red Dutch Pasta Wench and the others who have answered to my posts. It is true that in many ways we are responsible for our own actions. We can choose to follow Christ’s teachings or we can sin, that is one example. But it is different entirely from the fact that God has a great plan for us and we do not always know what that plan will be. But we Christians do know that if we have faith and honor Christ’s teachings, we will not be destroyed on this planet or go to Hell. This is why I firmly believe that the global warming issue is not something that demands our attention. I am not stating that global warming is not happening at all, but I am saying that God has His reasons for what he does and He loves his children, so He is not about to doom them all to a weather-related death or one that comes out of the consequences of changing weather.
As for the Bible being fiction, I have heard other people say this before but the truth is, did you live 2000 years ago? No, and neither did I. To question God’s word when we were not there to prove or disprove it is blasphamous, in my opinion. Jesus and His Disciples were real, the Crucifixion and Resurection were real, so to say the Bible is fiction is like saying that Da Vinci did not paint the Mona Lisa. We were not there so how can we deny it? I hope this shows a little more clearly that the Bible is God’s word and is an actual account of the wonderful events that took place at that time.
In Christ,
Shawn
*vomit*
So, if we can’t disprove the bible, becuase we wren’t there, you can’t prove it, because you weren’t there, either.
Null.
Go back to you quiet, mindless existence, and leave the intelligent people to discuss intelligent things…