[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

[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

[Entrepreneur]

This is why I love science fiction. Most science fiction writers seem to be inherently conservative. Woven in the stories are possibilities, individualism, and sound economics.

Contrast this with John Grisham-type lawyer fiction, which is liberalism in print.

And, of course, Card is spot on in his analysis. It still doesn’t help to put much distance between Obama and McCain. Obama’s got the scarier rhetoric, but they’ll both take us to the same place. Obama will be more candid about it and sound loonier, so maybe we can rally the party in opposition. McCain will destroy the GOP from within as conservative Republicans struggle with the divide between principle and party loyalty.

I wish McCain were a moderate. I can vote for a moderate. I’ve done so with GHW Bush, Dole, and GW Bush. I can’t vote for a Liberal and anyone who supports cap and trade is a liberal.

[aruanan]

The problem of our vast overuse of and over-dependence on oil is a real one -- and a dangerous one. We fund our worst enemies because we need so much oil; we pollute our environment; and our use of cars kills us at the rate of 835 a week; and we face a devastating economic crisis if we don't have non-petroleum energy sources already in place when the oil ends.

There is no overuse of or over-dependence on oil. This presupposes that all sorts of things can simply be done away with or be done using other energy supplies. If the former, it's a value judgment that only an economic Puritan would impose on society and is something exactly like what he's railing against. If the latter, it would already have been done.

[Tanniker Smith]

Finally got around to reading Ender’s Game. I have to go to the library and look for the next book....

[BibChr]

A Mormon criticizing anyone's religion is always funny.

[xcamel]

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obamanation, plain and simple.

[steelyourfaith]

 

Calculate your one-day Carbon Belch !

[wbill]

As usual, OSC nails it pretty well.

Unfortunately IMHO, the entire environmental movement has been defined in terms of black and white. Some conservatives, including many here on FR, think that if you don't let your HumVee idle in the driveway an extra 3 hours a day, then you're some sort of Tree Hugging Communist.

Whereas AlGore would be perfectly happy if 99% of mankind was reduced to living in caves, so that he could fly around cheaply on his own private jet and commend everyone for being carbon-neutral.

There is a huge middle ground to be staked out, here. Zealots on both sides of the argument won't allow it to be, though. For instance, look at CFL's - rather than saying "Look, these things have some excellent applications and they should be used instead of incandescents in speceific situations." the idiots in Washington make CFL usage mandatory, and incandescents illegal.

Fools all. A change is a comin'...

[palmer]

Let me guess, though, where Obama's thermostat is set. You can't run for president and have people see you sweat.

At least Carter would wear a sweater and pretend to be a commoner. OTOH, I could probably do without seeing Obama sitting in the Oval Office in a sweaty t-shirt.