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LT Barclay

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10. That's friggin' funny. Tell him he needs to read the bible himself instead of zoning out to some Joel Olsteen.
Sun Jul 6, 2025, 01:02 AM
Jul 2025

The Old Testament is basically one story after another of how humans screw themselves over when left to their own devices. Their lot only improved when they followed God. And spoiler alert, our country is far from that.
If he really wants a slap in the face, tell him to read Jeremiah and focus on what God said he would do to Israel (his chosen people) for mistreating immigrants.
I personally have collected about 7 pages of scripture (most only the reference and a few have full text) that supports EVERY tenet of environmentalism. There is a very good book on the environment "Green Like God" and the classic "God's Politics" where Jim Wallis calls what right-wing churches teach "the perverted gospel".

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That went... 2naSalit Jul 2025 #1
Poles dweller Jul 2025 #2
Thankfully that's not possible and just a crackpot theory NickB79 Jul 2025 #21
Ok sure dweller Jul 2025 #23
I remember when the markodochartaigh Jul 2025 #26
Glad Europe is funding this--can't be shut down by an EO Bayard Jul 2025 #3
Fuck dalton99a Jul 2025 #4
And the Orange Anus will do absolutely nothing about it. SunSeeker Jul 2025 #6
Say what you will about the Orange Anus BWdem4life Jul 2025 #14
He absolutely has the power to prepare us for the effects of climate change. SunSeeker Jul 2025 #15
Honestly, if this is real, there's not much left to do to stop it NickB79 Jul 2025 #22
Lethal wet bulb temperatures markodochartaigh Jul 2025 #27
I'm not a climate scientist. But I do know enough Dr. T Jul 2025 #5
That's friggin' funny. Tell him he needs to read the bible himself instead of zoning out to some Joel Olsteen. LT Barclay Jul 2025 #10
Did you skip "Job"? nt intrepidity Jul 2025 #12
No why? LT Barclay Jul 2025 #13
Agreed on "we are fucked.." There was a post yesterday on one of the climate theorists who had c-rational Jul 2025 #29
Does that mean BidenRocks Jul 2025 #7
Whatever dissolved itself in the water. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2025 #19
Any geological evidence for what has actually been the consequences for when it's happened in the past? cstanleytech Jul 2025 #8
This is scary as hell. highplainsdem Jul 2025 #9
"...bringing with them heat and carbon dioxide (CO₂ ) that had been trapped for centuries." LudwigPastorius Jul 2025 #11
Life on Earth will adapt to the new climate. Dr. T Jul 2025 #16
"Life on Earth" - not all of it, possibly not most of life as we know it today RandomNumbers Jul 2025 #17
Figures. Xavier Breath Jul 2025 #18
A doubling of CO2 would be utterly catastrophic NickB79 Jul 2025 #20
KnR Hekate Jul 2025 #24
3 days later and still not on many websites or news outlets. C Moon Jul 2025 #25
Here is a very interesting video by markodochartaigh Jul 2025 #28
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