Re: Are hurricanes caused by Global Warming or are they Godsent?
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Re: Are hurricanes caused by Global Warming or are they Godsent?         

Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: ComandanteBanana
Date: Sep 13, 2008 07:09

On Sep 12, 7:09 pm, Shrikeb...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sep 12, 3:38 pm, ComandanteBanana yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> (This is yet another chapter in the series about the connection
>> between God and Nature. And why the Christians seem to hate the
>> latter.)
>
>> So if you believe in science, you'll probably see the connection
>> between Global Warming and hurricanes,
>
> “There is absolutely no empirical evidence. The people who
> have a bias in favor of the argument that humans are making
> the globe warmer will push any data that suggests that humans
> are making hurricanes worse, but it just isn’t so,” said William
> Gray, a Colorado State University meteorologist who is
> considered one of the fathers of modern tropical cyclone science...
>
> “A lot of my colleagues who have been around a long time are
> very skeptical of this idea that global warming is leading to more
> frequent or intense storms,” Gray said. “In the Atlantic, there has
> been a change recently, sure. But if you go back to the 1930s,
> you see a lot of storms again. These are natural cycles, not
> related to changes in global temperature. I can’t say there is
> no human signal there, but it’s minute.”

MOST SCIENTISTS AGREE...
(take the quiz)
1: Do most scientists agree or disagree that our planet is
experiencing human-caused global warming serious enough to lead to
catastrophic changes in the environment?

http://audubon.org/globalWarming/quiz1.php
>
>>  but if you don't, you'll
>> probably see the hand of God at work.
>
> Or the work of Gaia.

Gaia is a pagan god to the Christians... But I think she's cooler than
a male chauvinist god, who's intent on CONTROLLING nature.
>
>> So whatever your take, get ready for Ike and pray for the best.
>
> Or open your Whole Earth Catalog and smoke some
> more from the granola pipe.

Oh no, I prefer the peace pipe. I think Christians don't peace very
much though. They always put in power the warmongering candidates.
>
>
>
>> BIKE FOR PEACE
>> (Yes, there's a connection b/ riding a bike and fighting Global
>> Warming...
>
> and an even bigger connection between riding a bike
> and erectile dysfunction.  Tax the bikers to pay for
> their increased medical costs!

Not as much as couch potatoes who ride SUVs. Beside you can get the
seat with the groove, or get a big cruiser seat. Anything but being
another obese American.
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