Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Pope Francis has demanded skeptics renounce climate skepticism, and affirmed his support for strongly partisan initiatives such as the EPA Clean Air Initiative.
According to The Guardian;
In a tougher-than-expected call for action on global warming, the spiritual leader of more than 70 million American Catholics defied calls among some Republicans to steer clear of politics by making clear he believed this was a moral issue.
“Climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation,” said the pope, who invited contrast with the civil rights struggle by invoking the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr in support of his argument.
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“Mr President, I find it encouraging that you are proposing an initiative for reducing air pollution,” the pope said with a slow, deliberate delivery that left little room for misinterpretation.
The following is a full video of the speech at the White House
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4iDF0RPXgU
His Holiness has ignored approaches, from those who have sought in good faith to present other viewpoints.
It seems ironic, that the Church effort to repeat the mistakes of the past, occurs on the 500th anniversary of a letter written by Galileo. The letter explains in simple terms, why the Church’s efforts to define scientific truth , to quash scientific uncertainty with religious moral authority, were so misguided. Words of wisdom, which are as applicable today, as there were when Galileo wrote them (quote courtesy of Dr. Willie Soon);
Therefore let these men begin to apply themselves to an examination of the arguments of Copernicus and others, leaving condemnation of the doctrine as erroneous and heretical to the proper authorities. Among the circumspect and most wise Fathers, and in the absolute wisdom of one who cannot err, they may never hope to find the rash decisions into which they allow themselves to be hurried by some particular passion or personal interest. With regard to this opinion, and others which are not directly matters of faith, certainly no one doubts that the Supreme Pontiff has always an absolute power to approve or condemn; but it is not in the power: of any created being to make things true or false, for this belongs to their own nature and to the fact. Therefore in my judgment one should first be assured of the necessary and immutable truth of the fact, over which no man has power. This is wiser counsel than to condemn either side in the absence of such certainty, thus depriving oneself of continued authority and ability to choose by determining things which are now undetermined and open and still lodged in the will of supreme authority. And in brief, if it is impossible for a conclusion to be declared heretical while we remain in doubt as to its truth, then these men are wasting their time clamoring for condemnation of the motion of the earth and stability of the sun, which they have not yet demonstrated to be impossible or false…
Read more: http://genius.com/Galileo-galilei-letter-to-the-grand-duchess-christina-annotated
Given that to date climate alarmists, whose claims are based on computer models, have failed to produce a model which can predict the climate, it seems fair to suggest things are still very much undetermined and open.
Update – Video link updated, the original video was removed by the user who posted it.
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After the Pope, what’s left on the list to manipulate like a sock puppet? Siri, IBM’s Watson, and maybe the satellite data.
Come on now. When was the last time a pope has been wrong?
I was drinking with a bunch of Catholics last night, (fund raiser for Catholic School Sports), and none of them voiced any support for the current Pope. Almost universally they “longed for the days of another John-Paul II.”
When a bunch of progressive autocrats show more support for the Pope than the members of the faith then you know something is rotten in the Vatican.
If the pope (1st ‘p’ not cap on purpose) had substituted ‘government debt’ in place of climate change, then: Gov’t Debt is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation, would reflect reality.
The divine mystery of Virgin Birth
The divine mystery of Transubstantiation
The divine mystery of the Holy Trinity
The divine mystery of CO2 induced Global Warming.
Now don’t knock it, I’m a Catholic myself
The last one may soon join the other divine mysteries of the Catholic Faith
These are to be believed by the power of faith
They are obviously not subject to the materialist tests of science and instead are sincerely held beliefs of the faithful which should be respected.
It is not written in my Book that I “should” respect everything that anyone happens to hold sacred, Bryan . . pretty much the opposite. The persons themselves, certainly, but not every belief held to be sacred, by every one on earth. Do you respect the sincerely held beliefs of those in other religions that profess our Lord was just a man, for instance? How can that be, if you have a sincerely held belief that he was far more, which you hold sacred?
You’ve got a Pope who can perhaps “do something” about these words …
~ Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. ~
… but I don’t. And many millions of other Christians don’t. I cannot agree that any other way leads to the Father. Do you see where this is headed?
The Pope allowed himself to be easily hijacked by a socialist crusade instead of dealing w/so many real and pressing issues. Sad.
This Pope IS a socialist crusade.
I think if your goal is to reduce air pollution because it is unhealthy, then claiming we need to reduce pollution to stop global warming is counterproductive in my mind. Too many people think man made global warming is exaggerated, has a scam aspect to it, and is not a real problem. So they will think a call to reduce air pollution is unnecessary if the need is expressed as a measure to stop global warming. And the arrogance to say we can stop the climate from changing by controlling our inputs into the atmosphere is also a turnoff to those who know the truth.
We have an anti-American POTUS, catolics have an anti-catolic pope.
Latitude “above” is 100% spot on. This affects the whole church of which I can no longer be a member because of this. LOL
Hey, Mr. Pope !! Think of all the poor people you could have fed if you had just stayed in the Vatican !!!
This guy is no John Paul II. How about addressing the ‘science’ of killing babies? SMH
Did anyone notice the altar boys from GreenPeace? Or the large green pod being disposed of out back?
Climate change hysteria is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation. It has already done great damage to mankind, and if allowed to continue, will do even greater harm.
I have a dream; that someday soon, the climate nonsense being promulgated by Climate Liars and those who have clambered aboard the Climate Gravy Train for monetary, political, and ego purposes will finally be stopped, so that real problems can once again be addressed instead of an imaginary one.
Too bad the pope couldn’t have said something like that instead of being one of the Climate Liars.
Is it too much to ask to have our world leaders show just a little bit of education on the issues they call for global action on? Just acknowledge some basic facts to show some kind of foundation of reality before they start proposing global economic policies. If the Pope or Obama would start out by saying “Most of our planets history has been spent without year round ice at its poles. Right now we have massive land ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica that last all year, and we are still in an ice age, despite the moderate temperatures we enjoy. So the planet is coming out of an ice age and slowly heading towards a condition that is consistent with the majority of the history of our planet, and that is no ice at either pole during the summers of those hemispheres. But… what we need to do, is keep the planet’s climate where it is, because we like it where it is…” If they started their political agenda speeches like that, I would respect more what they have to say, because right now they sound like idiots without a clue on the subject they are talking about.
Steve,
For the one millionth time, it is not about any science. It is about control. AGW/Climate change/sinners going to hell are all about controlling the masses by the elite few. The real comedic tragedy is that the elite few have convinced the masses to pay for their own demise.
“His Holiness has ignored approaches, from those who have sought in good faith to present other viewpoints.”
Is it reasonable to believe that Bergoglio is stupid or ignorant of the global warming scam? Of the UN/World Bank’s long-term history of predation on the poor in developing nations?
How long should we talk around the central issue of evil now that speaking truth is punishable by death?The Rothschilds are the Vatican’s bankers and the founders of the AGW scam, according to Maurice Strong.
The early church adopted and adapted pagan rituals and festivals. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
This Pope would probably turn up at Stonehenge wearing an Ottoman kaftan if somebody told him it’s where the kids are at these days.
Leather go-go pants can’t be far behind.
I was raised Catholic and was Catholic for almost half my life. With this Pope I am glad I am no longer Catholic.
amen
“Given that to date climate alarmists, whose claims are based on computer models, have failed to produce a model which can predict the climate, it seems fair to suggest things are still very much undetermined and open.”
The science is based on much more than computer models. Physics, atmospheric chemistry, Paleoecology, and many other sciences both empirical and theoretical all point to the same conclusion. That is why virtually all scientific societies around the world have endorsed statements stating that CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are warming the atmosphere and it could have catastrophic consequences for human society.
>>The science is based on much more than computer models. Physics, atmospheric chemistry, Paleoecology, and many other sciences both empirical and theoretical all point to the same conclusion.<<<
Which is that the warming that has occurred to date since the end of the last ice age is completely natural and not caused by man in any way.
Why then have they refused to debate the many paleontologists who are deniers. The chemistry of acidification and dissolving of coral for instance when CO2 from volcanoes occurs neart thriving reefs etc etc. In fact they only admit climate scientists know anything. Most geologists are not convinced. So anyway why have they used the models to claim things into the future if it is other information they are really relying on for catistrophic claims?
With all due respect, Your Holiness…shut up. You have lots of other, more pressing things to talk about…you know…religion.
I’ve always thought that respect should never really be conferred. It should be earned. Since I don’t feel that this old buzzard of a pope has really earned respect I therefore have no qualms about calling him, “this old buzzard of a pope.”
‘”Climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation,” said the pope, who invited contrast with the civil rights struggle by invoking the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr in support of his argument.’
The foregoing twaddle burping out of the pope’s mouth is exactly what I mean about earned respect. MLK earned his by risking great personal harm, including death, to advance rights for human beings; many of whom he would never know personally.
Last time I checked Francis didn’t get here by marching across a Selma, Alabama bridge.
He got here in the bowels of a cushy jet airplane.
Along with an entourage of freeloaders all of whom are living a comfortable life on the backs of their followers. What they don’t realize is an old sales saying: “Pigs get fat but hogs get slaughtered”. If they stayed piggish nobody would care but now they have gone hog wild.
This is what happens when we combine religion and science! It took the Catholic Church a half a millennium to admit they were wrong abount Galileo!!
The sad things is; the world is in dire need and is crying out for real leaders. The pope along with others western figure heads are in a long line of resent failures in the leadership roles they have been given. It’s easier to demigod an issue that can’t fight back than it is to face a real threat that can fight back. Cowards, all of them….Bibi is the one exception.
“Those who fail to learn from the past are destined to repeat it.” Timeless Winston…timeless.
Eric Worral:
Wait a minute – 500 year anniversary of Galilieo’s letter? Unless my references are wrong, it’s more like 400. 399 since Galileo’s presentation was declared heretical:
“Galileo’s initial discoveries were met with opposition within the Catholic Church, and in 1616 the Inquisition declared heliocentrism to be formally heretical.”
It would be Copernicus that formulated the heliocentric postulation 500 years ago – writing his first drafts sometime before 1514 and working with colleagues 1515 to 1530 observing eclipses and confirming his observations with others. 100 years later even the Vatican scientists agreed with Copernicus and Galileo, but could not say so publicly.
Sounds strangely familiar.