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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/be23cd60-e6d5-11e1-af33-00144feab49a.html#ixzz23jSXWcc9Scientists have long warned of more frequent floods and droughts as the worlds climate changes. But for Mr Mainord and many like him, global warming is bogus. Its more God and natures dictates, rather than a man-made event, the Missouri farmer said this week as he harvested a corn crop one-quarter of its normal size.
Climate scepticism among farmers helps explain why carbon emissions are off the US legislative agenda despite the hottest temperatures on record.
Drought has gripped the broadest area of the US corn belt since previous severe dry spells in the 1980s and the 1930s, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Wednesday.
Yup, it's all God's fault.
polichick
(37,152 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Wow, that's actually a shock. Usually, they blame gay people and say it's God's wraith for America turning into such a sinful country by not beating the gays into submission. I'm actually surprised.
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)It might not be mentioned in this article, but I wouldn't be surprised if they think that's the reason God is punishing them. It's always the gays. If only America would just "clean up its act", "return to God", blah blah blah, then we would once again become the most prosperous nation in the world. It's all because of the gays, Hollywood, porn, drugs, booze, etc.
Nikia
(11,411 posts)They blame gay people or abortion for causing God's wrath. I actually heard this in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. As a Christian, I thought that if they should think God's wrath is at work at all, it is for destroying the environment out of greed. To me, that would be a sin that the punishment would fit just like the death of King David's son after his adultery and killing of his mistress's husband. For some reason, this never occurs to these Conservative Christians.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)is astounding. They never stop and think about how the opposite of what they are saying is actually happening. We are supposed to be stewards of the planet, not destroyers of it. You are absolutely right.
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)There would be an awful lot less of these holier-than-thous telling us who God hates.
Alduin
(501 posts)Give me a break. Global warming is caused by man. End. Of. Story.
meow2u3
(24,772 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Especially that kind of stupid.