Bush: God talks to me and says global warming is a hoax. Pope: Those voices in your head aren't God. And He says to quit f**king up His Creation.
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Wally
6:56 AM
Vatican issues new green message for world's Catholics
More evidence was revealed yesterday that the (ahem) leader of the most powerful and technologically advanced nation on earth has less scientific savvy than the top religious dude in the Western Hemisphere.The Vatican yesterday added its voice to a rising chorus of warnings from churches around the world that climate change and abuse of the environment is against God's will, and that the one billion-strong Catholic church must become far greener.
Observers said yesterday that the Catholic church is no longer split between those who advocate development and those who say the environment is the priority. Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, head of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace, said: "For environment ... read Creation. The mastery of man over Creation must not be despotic or senseless. Man must cultivate and safeguard God's Creation."
Guardian It will be interesting to see how all the extremist righties will deal with this, especially staunch Catholics (like my sister) who have been grovelling and worshipping at the feet of Bush and hanging on his every word. How will the holiday conversations change now that the Pope has directly contradicted their hero?
More importantly, will this have any impact on policy in the United States? Even high ranking members of the Vatican hope so. Cardinal Renato Martino, a senior adviser to Pope Benedict, said on Thursday he believes the Pontiff should raise the dangers of climate change and global warming with U.S. President George W. Bush when the two meet in June.
The Bush administration, which did not sign up to the Kyoto Protocol on Climate change, has long been reluctant to curb the greenhouse gases blamed for swelling sea levels and causing droughts as well as floods.
Bush pulled out of the treaty, which Washington had signed under the previous, Democratic, administration, saying it would damage the economy and was unfair as it did not require rapidly developing nations like China and India to stem emissions.
Asked if willful damage of the environment is a sin, Martino said: "Yes, because not using the environment correctly is an offence not only against yourself but against all others who make use of the environment."
Reuters Logic doesn't work. Reason doesn't work. Evidence doesn't work. Maybe putting the fear of god into him will finally get Bush to change his tune. But since that will involve admitting that he's wrong, I'm not holding my breath.
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