Posted on 05/03/2007 2:17:19 PM PDT by GMMAC
Y2Kyoto: Al Gore Strikes A Blow For Intelligent Design
A global warming disciple was troubled by the Goracle's presentation in Regina;
The slide I found particularly interesting/shocking/sad, was his new(?) slide containing a graph of human population growth over the past couple hundred-thousand years. It started off good. He pointed at the beginning of the graph, showing the population of humans on Earth from 200,000 years ago, and referred to the “rise of humans."
Cool beans. So he believes that Homo sapiens evolved from other hominid ancestors, right? Nope.
In the very same breath, he then continued to explain that according to his religious beliefs, this “rise of humans” was God’s creation of mankind - apparently 200,000 years ago. His graph then changed to include the caption “Adam & Eve” above this starting point.
I started laughing, and I had to consciously blink my eyes and double-check the screen to make sure I was seeing it properly. Let me get this straight...the guy's entire presentation exists in order to present people with the scientific data showing that human-caused climate change is a fact. He does his very best to include references in all of the slides, showing to any thinking person that this data is not made up, that it comes from the forefront of our scientific research (there was many slides containing data from Science journal, and a few from Nature).
He tarnishes his beautifully crafted presentation by not only stating his belief in creationism - but by placing the words “Adam and Eve” right on the slide (which is actually a scientific graph) as a caption explaining the beginnings of mankind.
Something doesn't add up here. On one hand, he is using science to predict the disastrous outcome of our current actions and rally support for taking proactive measures to make sure bad things don't happen, but on the other hand, he is clinging to stone-age beliefs that another very important area of science has proven wrong (that we humans evolved from other forms of life, and that every organism on Earth has a common ancestor).
And of course, all the religious people in the audience get to feel good knowing that this important politician sees no dilemma in using this this zero-sum belief system. I should also note that at this point in the lecture (I'll call it the schism) he stated that there is no conflict between science and religion. He appeared as though he wanted to say more about this, and even mentioned the Scopes trial, but then decided to continue on with the slideshow instead.
Whaaaaa???? You tell me that anthropogenic climate change is a scientific fact (to the degree that science can use that word), mankind came from God's creation of Adam and Eve 200,000 years ago, there is no conflict between science and religion, refer to the Scopes trial, and then shrug it off and move on with the show?
Odd that none of the media in attendence picked up on this. Sharp as tacks, that crew.
An outraged Tim Blair - "He put the terrible words RIGHT ON A SCIENTIFIC GRAPH? Forget Korans down toilets, people. This is serious."
(Global warming meets creationist science. Why is it that Warren Kinsella is nowhere to be found at times like this?)
h/t to Mississauga Matt.
Posted by Kate at May 3, 2007 9:07 AM
Al Gore was the one who invented man.
“Global warming meets creationist science”
This will be an interesting thread....standing by with popcorn........
Au contraire mon ami. His presentation really is all religion and no science.
And what made that "scientific graph" any truer than the Adam and Eve story? Perhaps the "scientific graph" fits more comfortably with this rube's deep-rooted beliefs, therefore it's "truer"? For all this rube knows, that "scientific graph" was made up 2 minutes before the show, but to him it's "The Trvth" because he walked in expecting, no, demanding it be.
Al Gore invented the Village Idiot.
Click on POGW graphic for full GW rundown
New!!: Dr. John Ray's
GREENIE WATCH
Ping me if you find one I've missed.
He's a pretender and a poser. Big Time.
I get it. Al Gore says he believes in Adam and Eve. Al Gore must be a Christian. Therefore, Al Gore must be a good guy. He is one of us. We can trust him. Therefore, global warming is a valid reality in today’s world. I feel better now. Al, why didn’t you tell us this years ago?
“...beliefs that another very important area of science has proven wrong”
News Flash: A theory (as in Theory of Evolution) doesn’t get to prove anything, until it becomes a law. So far, all Darwin’s Myth has proven is that, like the Rev. Moon of Global Warming, Darwin too has the powers of a cult leader. Be smug in your own beliefs if you like, but don’t misrepresent science and its protocols.
New Flash, You are wrong, scientific theories never become laws. A theory and law are two different things in science
So far, all Darwin’s Myth has proven is that, like the Rev. Moon of Global Warming, Darwin too has the powers of a cult leader. Be smug in your own beliefs if you like, but don’t misrepresent science and its protocols
Dumb statements like that are the reason the left has been able to paint Conservatives as rubes and convince most Americans that global warming is real
Yes, doesn’t his behavior show respect for the evangelical community?? < \sarcasm>
Al Gore and intelligent should never be mentioned in the same paragraph. Let alone the same sentence.
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