That would be "people who deny the existance of God based on LACK of evidence"
On 5/31/06, Michael Madigan <mmadi10699 .AT. yahoo .D.O.T com> wrote:
> What's great are the same people who deny the existance of God based on evidence, embrace the idea
> of global warming on less evidence.
>
>
>
>
> --- Bob Calco <bob@bobcalco.net> wrote:
>
> > While we are on the subject of global warming/cooling past and
> > future...:
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5034026.stm
> >
> > ---
> > Appy Sluijs points out that the data reveals that some of the climate
> > models used to detail the Arctic's history got things wrong, and as
> > they are the same models that predict our future climate they may need
> > adjusting.
> >
> > Kate Moran, lead author of one the papers and professor of
> > oceanography and ocean engineering at University of Rhode Island,
> > agrees: "We anticipate that our data will be used by climate modellers
> > to give us better information about how climate change occurs and
> > possibly where global climate might be leading.
> >
> > "Today's warming of the Arctic can, in all likelihood, be attributed
> > to mankind's impact on the planet, but as our data suggest, natural
> > processes operating in the past have also resulted in a significant
> > warming and cooling of the Arctic."
> > ---
> >
> >
> > - Bob
> >
> > ! -----Original Message-----
> > ! From: profox-bounces .AT. leafe .D.O.T com
> > ! [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Bob Calco
> > ! Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 4:28 PM
> > ! To: 'ProFox Email List'
> > ! Subject: RE: [OT] The Coming Ice Age
> > !
> > ! The more correct way to put IMHO it is that it's easy for man in his
> > ! arrogance to assume he can cause and/or prevent long-term
> > ! climatological change. In reality, life has been wiped out more than
> > ! once on this planet and it will likely be wiped out again. If nature
> > ! is moving more quickly now toward a new climatological regime,
> > whether
> > ! we contributed to it or not, we're pretty much powerless to stop it.
> > ! But the evidence that it may be happening more quickly followed by
> > the
> > ! conjecture that it can be explained by man-made phenomena are less
> > and
> > ! less convincing the larger your geological time horizon. All manner
> > of
> > ! sudden and seemingly inexplicable changes have occurred on this
> > planet
> > ! long before man hobbled together his most recent attempt at
> > ! civilization. To think economic sepukku is the "cure" to this
> > ! perceived problem is naïve in the extreme.
> > !
> > ! We are as much a part of nature and its laws as any animal. Do we do
> > ! destructive things? Yes. Will destroying our economy fix the balance
> > ! of nature? Of this I am skeptical, even allowing the speculation
> > that
> > ! economic progress is the "culprit". I see little gain and only a lot
> > ! of pain in taking the kinds of measures advocated by those who feel
> > ! the end is near and we must, so to speak, repent of our modern ways
> > by
> > ! dramatically curtailing our economic activity.
> > !
> > ! Clearly sensible steps should be taken to be as conscious of our
> > role
> > ! in the ecology of things, but to think governments or
> > multi-nationals
> > ! are capable of sensible things is a matter that requires rigorous
> > ! proof before we trust or require either to take those steps. :)
> > !
> > ! First we have to define "sensible" and I think this has as much
> > chance
> > ! of success as getting Pamela Anderson and Pat Buchanan to agree on
> > the
> > ! term "decent"...
> > !
> > ! - Bob
> > !
> > ! ! -----Original Message-----
> > ! ! From: profox-bounces .AT. leafe .D.O.T com
> > ! ! [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan
> > ! ! Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:55 PM
> > ! ! To: profox .AT. leafe .D.O.T com
> > ! ! Subject: [OT] The Coming Ice Age
> > ! !
> > ! ! Only an idiot would believe that global warming is caused by
> > ! ! man. Why just 30 years ago, the same
> > ! ! morons were calling for an ice age.
> > ! !
> > ! ! http://www.junkscience.com/mar06/Time_AnotherIceAge_June241974.pdf
> > ! !
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