[NRG1973]

Perhaps the Pope has finally realized that they are simply trying to crate a new competitve religion.

[NRG1973]

“”Perhaps the Pope has finally realized that they are simply trying to crate a new competitve religion.””

Should be:
Perhaps the Pope has finally realized that they are simply trying to create a new competitve religion.

[Red Badger]

A broad consensus is developing among the world's scientific community over the evils of climate change.

No, it isn't. Saying it's so doesn't make it so...........

[xtinct]

I'm with the Pope... and Richard Lindzen (MIT) "Climate of Fear"
Global-warming alarmists intimidate dissenting scientists into silence.

All this global warming is nothing more than a marketing scam to sell new products and movies.

[Conservative_Jedi]

This is how the libs and econowackos think of the Pope

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[steadfastconservative]

The German-born Pontiff said that while some concerns may be valid it was vital that the international community based its policies on science rather than the dogma of the environmentalist movement. . . . The 80-year-old Pope said the world needed to care for the environment but not to the point where the welfare of animals and plants was given a greater priority than that of mankind.

It is so refreshing to hear Benedict XVI speak out against the anti-human and unscientific environmentalist movement. Environmentalists expect everyone to accept all of their claims even though there isn't any real empirical evidence supporting them. Just because two things are happening at the same time, in this case a rise in carbon emissions and a rise in temperature, does not mean that one is the cause of the other. While there is some empirical evidence that suggests that the climate is getting slightly warmer--and I don't know how conclusive that evidence is--there is no empirical evidence that shows that carbon emissions are the cause of this increase. Environmentalists are just guessing that these emissions are causing global warming.

I would not be surprised at all if scientists one day discard the theory of global warming as having been nothing more than pseudo science like eugenics or phrenology.

[Aquinasfan]

It's always fun to cut away the reportage to see what the pope really said.

Here goes...

"Humanity today is rightly concerned about the ecological balance of tomorrow,"

"It is important for assessments in this regard to be carried out prudently, in dialogue with experts and people of wisdom, uninhibited by ideological pressure to draw hasty conclusions, and above all with the aim of reaching agreement on a model of sustainable development capable of ensuring the well-being of all while respecting environmental balances.

"If the protection of the environment involves costs, they should be justly distributed, taking due account of the different levels of development of various countries and the need for solidarity with future generations.

"Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly the road to be taken."

"agreement on a model of sustainable development capable of ensuring the well-being of all while respecting environmental balances"

"choose the path of dialogue rather than the path of unilateral decisions"

Compare the pope's actual statement to the hysterical headline.

[FredHead47]

Pope Benedict XVI has launched a surprise attack on climate change prophets of doom, warning them that any solutions to global warming must be based on firm evidence and not on dubious ideology.

The leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics suggested that fears over man-made emissions melting the ice caps and causing a wave of unprecedented disasters were nothing more than scare-mongering.

BRILLIANT!!!

CLAPCLAPCLAP

[olezip]

Pope Benedict XVI has launched a surprise attack on climate change prophets of doom, warning them that any solutions to global warming must be based on firm evidence and not on dubious ideology.

Pope Benedict XVI is RIGHT on! The dubious ideology of Gore and his minions has sullied science. Gore has decided to believe what he believes regardless of facts. His approach is kind of like a pagan religion. Like other Marxists he wants an ideal world to behave in a manner he has predetermined. His "scientific" supporters have a vested interest (like their paychecks) in human caused global warming. Our R&D money could be better spent on science and understanding of the real causes of climate change, like the Sun.

[dangus]

Simon Caldwell? I guess global warming isn’t going to be the next American Idol.

[steelyourfaith]

~~Anthropogenic Global Warming ™ ping~~

[FourtySeven]

Bookmark bump.