Orson Scott Card: Obama's Real Religion [Environmentalism]

ornery.org ^ | May 25, 2008 | Orson Scott Card

[Tolik]

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[Tolik]

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[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

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[ClearCase_guy]

The Environmental Puritan movement is anti-American to the core.

The whole article is spot on.

[Crawdad]

It is a religion.

From http://www.acts17-11.com/faith.html

Faith is believing in what is true. Faith has two elements: 1) being convinced of the truth, being certain of reality, having evidence of unseen things, and 2) believing, hoping in, embracing, seizing the truth.

Heb 11:1 (KJV) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Heb 11:1 (NIV) Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Heb 11:1 (NEB) Faith... makes us certain of realities we do not see.

Heb 11:1 (Mof) Now faith means that we are confident of what we hope for, convinced of what we do not see.

Heb 11:1 (Wey) Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.

# While faith requires being convinced that what we believe in is true, just knowing the truth is only half of faith. God’s word must be hoped for, embraced, seized!

Luke 17:5 (NIV) The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.”

# Believing is not exactly the same as faith. For belief to be faith, it must light on what is certainly true. Yet Scripture gives examples of situations where belief alone is required, even commanded. There’s no time for evidence collection, to wait, to hear, for certainty. Just believe. Like Peter walking on the water—don’t think, act! God even requires us to believe in him when, temporarily, the evidence looks bad: to trust. [We will study belief and trust separately.] God requires belief and trust in moments of human weakness, but faith is what makes us strong. Faith is the state of being convinced about what we hope for.

How To Get More Faith

# Contrary to popular teaching, faith is not mental delusion, presumption or self-deception, but a work of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God.

Rom 10:17 (NIV) Faith comes by hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.

Rom 10:17 (Phi) Faith, you see, can only come from hearing the message, and the message is the word of Christ.

Rom 10:17 (Wey) And this proves that faith comes from a Message heard, and that the Message comes through having been spoken by Christ.

[Abathar]

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[samtheman]

One of my all-time favorite authors.

[ScreamingGreenAlienGorilla]

OSC makes some good points here, but he completely loses me by arguing that it’s the world’s business how much petroleum America uses. And exactly who gets to determine how much is a “fair share” which OSC says America has gone far beyond?

Instead of just looking at consumption, wouldn’t it be more reasonable to use as a standard how much productivity comes out of each unit of energy consumed? America would ahead of many other countries using that metric.

But other parts of the article make excellent points.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Oh really, the Soviet Union never said, “We’re going to wipe you off the planet?”

Kruschev said, “We will bury you.”

Same thing in my book.

[Vigilanteman]

OSC is a great fiction writer, but I’ve read nothing better than this on the eco-puritans.

[metesky]

IMO, people better start to reevaluate this nonsense that we're such oil hogs that we're ruining the world. Our entire way of life, not just ours, but the entire modern worlds way of life depends on petrolium and it's by-products.

Products Made from Oil

Ink	Dishwashing liquids	Paint brushes	Telephones
Toys	Unbreakable dishes	Insecticides	Antiseptics
Dolls	Car sound insulation	Fishing lures	Deodorant
Tires	Motorcycle helmets	Linoleum	Sweaters
Tents	Refrigerator linings	Paint rollers	Floor wax
Shoes	Electrician's tape	Plastic wood	Model cars
Glue	Roller-skate wheels	Trash bags	Soap dishes
Skis	Permanent press clothes	Hand lotion	Clothesline
Dyes	Soft contact lenses	Shampoo	Panty hose
Cameras	Food preservatives	Fishing rods	Oil filters
Combs	Transparent tape	Anesthetics	Upholstery
Dice	Disposable diapers	TV cabinets	Cassettes
Mops	Sports car bodies	Salad bowls	House paint
Purses	Electric blankets	Awnings	Ammonia
Dresses	Car battery cases	Safety glass	Hair curlers
Pajamas	Synthetic rubber	VCR tapes	Eyeglasses
Pillows	Vitamin capsules	Movie film	Ice chests
Candles	Rubbing alcohol	Loudspeakers	Ice buckets
Boats	Ice cube trays	Credit cards	Fertilizers
Crayons	Insect repellent	Water pipes	Toilet seats
Caulking	Roofing shingles	Fishing boots	Life jackets
Balloons	Shower curtains	Garden hose	Golf balls
Curtains	Plywood adhesive	Umbrellas	Detergents
Milk jugs	Beach umbrellas	Rubber cement	Sun glasses
Putty	Faucet washers	Cold cream	Bandages
Tool racks	Antihistamines	Hair coloring	Nail polish
Slacks	Drinking cups	Guitar strings	False teeth
Yarn	Petroleum jelly	Toothpaste	Golf bags
Roofing	Tennis rackets	Toothbrushes	Perfume
Luggage	Wire insulation	Folding doors	Shoe polish
Fan belts	Ballpoint pens	Shower doors	Cortisone
Carpeting	Artificial turf	Heart valves	LP records
Lipstick	Artificial limbs	Hearing aids	Vaporizers
Aspirin	Shaving cream	Wading pools	Parachutes

[Tolik]

Soviet leaders wanted to live more than they hated America. That’s why MAD worked. And they did care (in their own way) about their country and people.

Our Jihadist enemies hate us more than they want to live. And they don’t care how many fellow Muslims will die.

[G.Mason]

Ping bump!

Let the revolution begin.

We'll start by laying siege to WashingDon, De Sea ,and starve them into submission.

Of course perhaps we should wait, and the local natives will get rid of them when fuel goes to $10 or 20 per, and they can't afford food, or electricity.

[Tolik]

Very good point. Petroleum usages are many and essential.

One use that can be replaced though is transportation. I don’t see why plug-able cars using nuclear power generated electricity can’t become a standard use for daily short range commute.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[metesky]

The way I see it, T, is that our modern America is so regulated that any modern Edisons, Fords or Wrights are discouraged beyond endurance by petty bureaucrats. And todays population would probably fear the lone tinkerer in his garage.

We need a lot more than electric cars, IMO we need a whole new technology that I hope and pray some genius somewhere is working on feverishly.

It's the political class that's choking us, again IMO.

[WayneS]

Very nice piece.

[E Rocc]

Card (who wrote one of the best SF books of recent years) is turning into another Crichton. Spot-on analysis.

I’ve always said that one could tell someone truly concerned over the environment from a totalitarian wannabe by how they feel about nuclear power.

-Eric

[WayneS]

Yes. Perhaps.

But please remember the forest. Let’s concentrate on the forest, shall we?