Rush talking about the religious kook, Cizik. Let’s rehearse a previous post of mine from February 2008:
The “Reverend” Sir John Houghton, former head of the UK Meteorological Office, Publisher of Al Gore’s book on GW and Former Co-Chair of the IPCC:
“Unless we announce disasters, no one will listen”
Some call that, “Lying for Jesus”. I would agree.
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Public radio interview with the Reverend Richard Cizik [a trained political scientist and vice president in Washington for the National Association of Evangelicals]
Key excerpt:
Ms. Tippett: You have become quite a spokesman for Evangelical Christian concern about the environment. And, you know, I wonder if that’s something that surprises you. Is that something that’s on your agenda, that’s on the Evangelical Christian agenda that you would not have imagined there 25 years ago or even…
Rev. Cizik: I would have never imagined it. I just would have to say I had a conversion.
Ms. Tippett: Well, tell me about that.
Rev. Cizik: Not just to Christ, you see, many, many years ago. But in 2002, I had a conversion to the science of climate change. ....
Ms. Tippett: Well, tell me about your conversion experience in 2002. ...
Rev. Cizik: First of all, I met great men of science who, like Sir John Houghton, knighted by the queen, the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, who came forward and said to me, “You can believe in the science and be a faithful biblical Christian, and I am,’ he said. And so in a humble way, not arrogantly, admitting the questions that still exist, John Houghton and many others, for three days, walked some of us that were there in Oxford, England, through all the science, through our biblical teaching and responsibility, and all I can say is, in a John Wesley kind of fashion, my heart was warmed. My heart, you know, was changed...”
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/evangelicalevolution/transcript.shtml
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“This is going to be an issue which evangelicals are going to look at when they cast their ballots,” Cizik said. ..” But only Republican former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas otherwise considered among the more conservative candidates in the race has explicitly aligned himself with the creation care movement. ..” [The Reverend Richard Cizik ] Much more: “God is Green”
11/06/2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21656644/
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From Gribbit: “The conclusions of the IPCC Summary Report were determined before the study even began. The idea was to make it the “Final Word” on global climate change. The reason for making it the “Final Word” was that by using that terminology, they had hoped that the public would take their bait hook, line, and sinker and they could get the political changes that they want. Yes I said political changes.” See more Gribbit Tidbits
http://www.gribbitonline.com/2007/02/15/why-you-shouldnt-believe-the-global-warming-scare/
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“The evolution of the scientific debate about anthropogenic climate change illustrates both the value of skepticism and the pitfalls of partisanship.”.. Scientists ... reputation for impartiality is severely compromised by the shocking lack of political diversity among American academics, who suffer from the kind of group-think that develops in cloistered cultures. Until this profound and well documented intellectual homogeneity changes, scientists will be suspected of constituting a leftistthink-tank.” “On the left, an argument emerged urging fellow scientists to deliberately exaggerate their findings so as to galvanize an apathetic public...” ~ Kerry Emmanuel - MIT
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“No matter if the science is all phony, there are collateral environmental benefits…climate change provides the greatest chance to bring about justice and equality in the world” Christine Stewart, former Canadian Environment Minister bttt
5 posted on 02/04/2008 1:12:58 AM EST by Matchett-PI (Thompson needs to come out for Romney NOW to stop McCain!!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/1964460/posts?page=5#5
Here’s more in addition to my post #205 above about Cizik who said in an interview with NPR that “many Evangelicals today choose Rush Limbaugh over JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZUZ”.
Since Cizik is in DC for this meeting (linked below) and spoke on Sunday, that’s where they probably got the interview from him:
Science, Faith, and Public Policy
http://www.asa3online.org/Voices/2010/07/22/science-faith-and-public-policy/#comments
By Randy Isaac, on July 22nd, 2010
The 2010 ASA annual meeting is set to begin on Friday July 30. The first plenary talk will feature Congressman Venon Ehlers, an ASA member for many years. .... Ehlers is passionate about science, faith, and public policy and he enjoys speaking about it. He urged us to give serious consideration to participating in the political process. ...
* Other plenary speakers and contributed papers can be seen in the final program http://www.asa3.org/ASA/meetings/dc2010/DC_program.pdf and the abstract book.
Audio files of talks are being posted at
http://www.asa3.org/ASAradio/ASA2008podcast.xml
Attendees and ASA members are encouraged to use the comment feature of this post to submit comments and questions pertaining to any aspect of this meeting. Speakers will be encouraged to respond to any question directed to them.
The goal of our organization is to facilitate dialog among Christians in a context of Christian love, without fear of unjust condemnation. We do not shy from controversial topics but encourage respectful discussion of any topic related to science and faith, within the context of our statement of faith and our commitment to integrity in the practice of science.
Let the discussion begin.
Randy
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* RE: “Other plenary speakers and contributed papers can be seen in the final program” here: http://www.asa3.org/ASA/meetings/dc2010/DC_program.pdf
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10:10 AM Sunday August 1, 2010 Plenary Session V - Great Hall 320-B
Intro by Randy Isaac for:
Rev. Richard Cizik : “Evangelicals & Science: Overcoming Our Past”