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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 03:32 PM Apr 2013

GOP Rep. Barton Cites Biblical ‘Great Flood’ As Evidence That Climate Change Isn’t Necessarily......

Man-Made (rest of headline)

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/gop-rep-barton-cites-biblical-great-flood-as-evidence-that-climate-change-isnt-necessarily-man-made/



Speaking before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power this Wednesday, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) cited a biblical flood as an example of climate change that was not anthropogenic in nature.

During the committee’s hearing on a bill that would give Congress the authority to approve the petroleum-delivering Keystone XL Pipeline, Barton asserted his support for the project before noting that he does not deny climate change, but rather, that he disputes whether the phenomenon is man-made.

“I would point out that people like me who support hydrocarbon development don’t deny that climate is changing,” the Texan congressman said. “I think you can have an honest difference of opinion of what’s causing that change without automatically being either all in that’s all because of mankind or it’s all just natural. I think there’s a divergence of evidence.”

He then cited Genesis 6 : 9?s “Great Flood” narrative, in which God flooded the earth as divine retribution with the intention of remaking it using the animals aboard Noah’s ark, as an example of climate change that was not caused my mankind.

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THIS is why the Republican Party is in trouble.

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GOP Rep. Barton Cites Biblical ‘Great Flood’ As Evidence That Climate Change Isn’t Necessarily...... (Original Post) steve2470 Apr 2013 OP
So 20 million insects hitched a ride on Noah's ark, a pair for each of the aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2013 #1
How embarrassing for him maddezmom Apr 2013 #2

aint_no_life_nowhere

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1. So 20 million insects hitched a ride on Noah's ark, a pair for each of the
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 05:43 PM
Apr 2013

10 million species of insects on Earth? The crunchy sounds underfoot every time Noah and his family moved around must have been deafening.

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