Michele Bachmann: Climate Change Is a Fraud Because 'God Says We Will Never Be Flooded'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann appeared on Jan Markell’s “Understanding The Times” radio program last weekend, where she urged pastors to start preaching the “truth” from their pulpits that climate change represents no threat to humanity because God said in the Bible, after Noah’s flood, that he would never again destroy the world with water.

Bachmann said that in her capacity as “pastor to the United Nations,” she has met with dozens of ambassadors “and every single one of them talk[s] about climate change.”

“I would encourage pastors to start preaching on this issue of climate change and God’s view of climate change,” Bachmann said. “The very covenant was established by God and Noah. And that covenant was that sin was so gross in the world that God had to bring about judgment, and then he had to bring about salvation, and from there came Abraham. God put a rainbow in the sky as a sign of his covenant and he said very clearly to the entire world, ‘Never again will there be judgment, never again will the world be flooded.'”

“You can take it to the bank, that’s God’s word,” she added. “And what is it these frauds tells us with climate change? That the world’s going to be flooded. Isn’t it interesting they’re saying it’s going to be another catastrophe, it’s flooding, we’re going to be flooded? God says we will never be flooded.”

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michele-bachmann-climate-change-is-a-fraud-because-god-says-we-will-never-be-flooded/

Crawl back in your hole woman.

[jberryhill]

1. Can she really be that stupid?

[JHB]

8. Yes.

[Garrett78]

17. It's not always clear if right wingers really believe the nonsense they spew, but...

...we can be sure that millions do believe it.

Bachmann may just be nutty enough to believe her own propaganda.

[Wellstone ruled]

27. Yes she can,

tangled with this ignorant twit on several Housing issues years ago in B-Park. Local press loved her as a interview,lots of Cleavage and sarcastic verbiage.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Yes, she really can.

She has demonstrated weapons-grade stupidity on many occasions; here in Minnesota we can reminisce about - for example - the time during her state senate career when she hid in the shrubbery outside the state capitol to avoid having to talk to gay people.

[11 Bravo]

32. Hell, they caught her on a smart day!

[Crunchy Frog]

43. I'd say more disingenuous than stupid.

I don't think she believes her own crap. Just trying to manipulate the rubes to benefit corporate interests.

[NickB79]

47. Having grown up in her district and knowing her base

Oh hell yes, yes she can.

[lastlib]

56. Weapons-grade stoopid.

And Bat-shit crazy.

[Takket]

2. God isn't going to cause a flood. We are.

[NickB79]

48. Bingo

[sunonmars]

3. Obviously never read that book of the bible called Genesis.....

[polichick]

4. Yippee - one of the nutcases who made Trump seem normal to the warped right.

[CatMor]

5. I wish God would say ...

never again will there be a Michelle Bachmann.

[Sanity Claws]

7. Please Lord save me from dolts

like Bachman.
Amen.

[Midnight Writer]

9. GOD figured his creations were smart enough not to destroy their environment.

[Midnightwalk]

10. Pastor to the United Nations?

I guess I missed that one back in 2017

Former congresswoman Michele Bachmann says her new ministry to the U.N. is “a vital part of preparing the world for the End Times.”

I can’t tell if this is just some self annointed nut jobs or if they are part of the administration. Either way we can all be proud of her mission

I believe that God is starting a new thing, and because the time is short before Christ comes again to this earth, He is giving everyone one more chance.

There was an attempt in the book of Genesis for all of the nations to come together and to raise a fist against God in pride and arrogance. It was called the Tower of Babel, and God dispersed the people at the Tower of Babel. Never again did all the nations of the earth come together until the League of Nations, under President Woodrow Wilson. That broke up, it didn’t work and then we have World War II and the U.N. was started and it’s been an organization that has had a lot of negative repercussions because it is not under a holy authority of a mighty God and there’s been vain imaginations of a fist again against an almighty God.

[link:https://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/08/michele-bachmann-named-pastor-united-nations/|]

Yep, nothing embarrassing about that tripe.

So god said no more flooding ever. But god is pissed and the apocalypse is around the corner. But at least we won’t be flooded

She shouldn’t worry about flooding she should worry about looking up and drowning in the rain.

[Crunchy Frog]

45. If she's right, then the myriad of local floods that happen every year,

Including to the yokels who believe her crap, aren't actually real. All believers should drop their flood insurance, since it goes against the word of Gawd!!!1!

[Vinca]

11. I can't be the only one hoping to someday see the Bachmann house under 6 ft. of water.

[Pachamama]

52. I wouldn't wish this on someone normally, but I confess that would be a wonderful thing to see and

....then ask her about it and why God did it....

[durablend]

59. As if

You know she'd blame Obama, Hillary and "those damn emails"

[C_U_L8R]

12. I thought I was reading the Onion

except it wasn't funny. Just absurd.

[Hortensis]

13. A few years ago Pew found that 30 million adults expected

the world to end any day now, and that most of them were positive about it, some even looking forward to it.

Of course. That'll fix the Democrats for good, with God getting the final vote to fly them all up to heaven and leave us to suffering and death during Armageddon.

Their very belated awareness of the climate crises only confirms what they believe. It's common here in the Bible Belt for people to allude to End Times when discussing problems, as if it's their answer and they won't have to worry about trying to survive fires, floods, drought, killer heat, disease, even famine, sweeping over Georgia.

[Garrett78]

18. I've seen where about half the country expects Jesus to return within their lifetime.

That classifies as an epidemic.

[Hortensis]

20. Remembering, we had a lot of Mormons in our California

neighorhood, and their kids who grew up with ours were promised they'd see Jesus's return within their lifetimes. Their church was established to prepare the planet for the Second Coming and was finishing up the job.

Small piece of the "epidemic," but the Republican nominee in 2012 was one of theirs. That's a big part of why I felt sure Romney believed, by the time he became the nominee, that God had chosen him to preside over Armageddon from the WH/Pentagon and over the establishment of his Kingdom at the site Mormons purchased for it near Independence, MO. He held the Cold War belief that Satan's armies were massing in Russia and Iran and promised to ask for an extra $2B for the military that they hadn't requested. Some people around him didn't talk about any of that specifically but said that (strikingly!) even his top people weren't sure what his agenda was (he spouted different ones to different audiences) and that he was peculiarly confident he'd win and then absolutely stunned when he didn't.

Worth remembering with him hanging around in the wings waiting for God to call again. Also that many Americans had no problem with him serving god before the people and constitution, while the press acted as if it was against both their journalistic principles and good manners to discuss religious goals.

[Karadeniz]

14. Remember when she passed along the anecdote...on t.v....of a mother who came to her

To spread the word that her daughter was made retarded or something by a vaccination. She also screeched about death panels every chance she could back then. And didn't she or her husband get dual citizenship for tax purposes?

[Girard442]

15. God said he wouldn't destroy the ENTIRE world.

He never promised not to majorly eff up parts of it.

Bachman should actually read the Bible some time.

[jberryhill]

16. I know, right? Does she think no one dies in floods?

Or does she think there is someone forecasting thousands of feet of sea level rise?

[scarytomcat]

61. What about famine and pestilence?

we won't die from flooding or rising tides
everything else caused by warming will do it
here have a big mac die sooner

[dameatball]

28. Well crap. I was hoping I could cancel my flood insurance.

[Caliman73]

40. True.

Even if you accept the Bible and are religious, the utter lack of understanding by Bachmann is amazing.

There is nothing stating that there would no longer be any flooding ever. Climate scientists are not saying that the earth will be flooded, killing all life. Sea level rise affects most people because most people on earth live near the coasts as that is where there is food and access to trade routes. Flooding at the coasts will push people inland which will strain already strained resources. Most people will likely die from famine, disease, and war, not from flooding and not all people on earth will die but many will.

I grew up Catholic and went to school from 2nd grade to High School in Catholic school. While there are a ton of problems with the Church that I won't even mention, the idea was always that you follow the main teachings attributed to Christ, which were to love God with your whole heart, mind, and soul; and that you treat others as you would want to be treated. There are obviously a lot more rules, but you are supposed to take care of others, protect the vulnerable, care for your environment, and be an example of Love to others.

There are many types of Christianity which is the whole problem, everyone interprets the same book (or changed it) to suit their desires. You have people ministering to homeless, providing meals and shelter, then you have idiots like Bachmann running around denouncing science. You have people like Bishop Romero being killed for fighting against corruption, and people like Newt Gingrich defending the most corrupt president in the last 70 years.

[JPK]

55. This is why a Christian theocratic USA will never work

Which sect of Christianity will rule, be in charge? They might set up a council to smooth crap over but eventually the various factions will fight for their brand and eventually it will break down into open warfare like it did in Northern Ireland. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of different sects in Christianity. On top of that, the need to take into count the other religions that will still be present along with the non religious. How will the Christians marginalize those that are not believers? I'm sure they will have something to say as well and if they're ignored there will be open warfare. You know non Christians can buy guns too.

[phylny]

54. Thank you. You said it so I don't have to. n/t

[superpatriotman]

19. Who keeps putting microphones in front of stupid?

Are microphones attracted to stupid?

[BSdetect]

21. Apparently the bar of stupidity can be even lower than it was at any given time.

[njhoneybadger]

22. yes there's no scientific explanation for rainbows

[malaise]

23. Is she really that simple?

[JHB]

34. Is "simple" the right word for...

...people whose thought processes resemble a Rube Goldberg machine?

[malaise]

37. I was being as kind as possible

She's a well known irrational bible thumping asshole

[shanti]

25. Bachmann

Do shut up.

[JDC]

26. Box of Rocks

[Hekate]

39. Sack of hammers

[unblock]

30. the irony here is that death can be minimized *if* we pay attention and prepare.

deliberate ignorance of the sort she exhibits is exactly what will lead to the deaths she's claiming can't happen.

if we build protections from floods, stronger housing, and encourage people to move to higher ground, many of the deaths from rising waters can be avoided.

but if we insist on pretending that what's obviously happening can't happen, then many people will die, all for the sake of a stubborn misinterpretation of a biblical sentence.

[LiberalFighter]

31. I guess those communities that got flooded don't count.

[mitch96]

33. Obvisouly she did not talk to Noah............... nt

[magicarpet]

35. Yes Princess BuyBull Thumper,.. now please fuck off !

[yellowdogintexas]

36. Did she sleep through the last 5 floods in Houston?

Or the past several Cat 5 Hurricanes?

Geez Louize

[Blue Owl]

38. That must be why Ken Ham from the Noah's Ark Theme Park filed flood insurance claims

n/t

[Docreed2003]

41. One would have hoped...

Being exposed to so many cultures at the UN would have broadened her horizons a bit, but I suppose that's just too much to ask. How bout this Michelle, God didn't lie, we're burning the fuck up on this planet, flooding is just a small side effect....how about that? It's amazing these morons can believe this crap

[Crunchy Frog]

42. What a liar. No one has ever suggested that the entire world will be flooded.

There's not enough water in the world to cover all the landmasses, even if all the ice melted, which has happened in the past.

It's very likely that there will be a substantial increase in sea levels, and flooding of coastal areas. Not the same thing

It sounds like, according to her theology, there's no such thing as localized flooding.

Does she know what her god says about lying?

[struggle4progress]

44. Let her stay out of sight. There's no reason to keep dragging her out to show to everyone

[Initech]

46. Except for that one time when the flood did happen right?

[dalton99a]

49. Stupid, and too lazy to read the paper

Front-page story over the weekend: The loons may soon be leaving Minnesota for good because the lakes are getting too warm

[NCLefty]

50. I think a flood washed away most of her brain.

"Good news, everyone! God already murdered all of us once! But now he LOVES us and super promises to never murder us all again*! In the meantime, enjoy your cancer and miscarriages, just 2 of the things we brought on ourselves because 1 ancestor ate the wrong apple."


(*in the same way)

[tirebiter]

51. Bachman started in politics as a volunteer for Jimmy Carter

Because he brought being a Baptist in as a positive point. Like most other evangelicals she bailed on being a Democrat in 1980.

[secondwind]

53. Really, Michele?!!? I guess you haven't read about all the flooding this year in the Midwest.....

What about Hurricane Dorian, Michele??

[lunasun]

57. HA well that's reassuring "You can take it to the bank, that's God's word"

[karynnj]

58. My rabbi just addressed that as the as a last line in one of the High Holy day speeches

that made a strong case that we need to act on climate change. Her comment. The Noah story says that God will not destroy the earth - but we are now at a point where collectively WE could destroy the earth that we were charged with taking care of.

So, even if someone. which is not the case here, took literally everything in the Bible, this disputes Bachmann's argument.

[ehrnst]

60. Rep. John Shimkus said this back in 2010...

Rep. John Shimkus is standing by a controversial comment that global warming isn't something to worry about because God said he wouldn't destroy the Earth after Noah's flood.

The Illinois Republican running for the powerful perch atop the House Energy and Commerce Committee told POLITICO on Wednesday that his understanding of the Bible reaffirms his belief that government shouldn't be in the business of trying to address rising greenhouse gas emissions.

https://www.politico.com/story/2010/11/shimkus-cites-genesis-on-climate-044958