When Nancy Pelosi ruled the House of Representatives with an iron fist, one could chuckle at Republicans who came to committee hearings quoting scripture as the rationale for their positions on energy policy. But now, when one of those very same Republicans is in the running for the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce committee, it just doesn’t seem so funny.
[...John Shimkus, R-Ill] starts by quoting Genesis 8, Verses 21 and 22, in which God makes Noah a promise.
Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though all inclinations of his heart are evil from childhood and never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
As long as the earth endures, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never cease.
Shimkus continues: “The earth will end only when God declares its time to be over. Man will not destroy this earth. This earth will not be destroyed by a flood.”
I’m glad that John Shimkus can sleep at night, faithful that that God’s word is “infallible, unchanging, perfect.” But for those of us who are less confident in humanity’s ability to keep from massively screwing up, the thought that the Bible will be determining government energy policy is massively ulcer-inducing.
Some guy on the tube just said that in revelations the bibbel says the earth will warm 7 times and an asteroid will poison the waters.
Who knew?
And this is why we need a third option. The Democrats are fiscally clueless and the Republicans are filled will religious loons. There is a whole generation waiting for a fiscally conservative, atheist politician. One day…
Thomas–its not fiscally clueless to be for raising taxes, all within reasonable historic levels and in comparison to other similar nations, when the alternative is an increasing deficit. What we need are extended budget plans to set a yardstick of government performance.
As to an atheist politician–there is only one declared atheist right now, some guy from California. No, religion has too strong a hold on America. Don’t know what will break it but imagining it so will not make it so.
# 15: Which Bible? Douay Rheims, Book of Mormon, RSV, King James, Jehovah Witnesses…whatever.
There are lots of Bible versions to choose from to cherry pick a verse…
Me? I prefer science…there’s some actual evidence there.
#24 – my plan was to hack the DTP system at the printers and add a few verses.
Quick pop-quiz, according to the bible how many of each animal were on the ark?
I KNEW this would happen.
Don’t you friggin folks see that modern North America is still (and probably will be for some time) beholden to its agricultural/pioneer/religious past?
“We gotta be concerned about what happens right here…I keep a gun ’cause the sheriff’s too busy elsewhere and varmints eat my crops…what do I CARE about them furrin people and their friends in the big cities with their strange ideas and habits and their snooty knowledge? God will punish ‘em for that…Planet? What’s a planet? My world is right here, gosh durn it!”
(but he’d like it if his son went to that fine law school back East…the boy might even give him some money when he’s old)
Politics is local as usual (and there’s lots of locals).
I think a quote by Queen Latifah in Hairspray comes in handy here…
“better brace yourselves for a whole lotta ugly comin’ at you from a neverending parade of stupid”
If people want to govern according to Holy Scripture, then they will certainly want to abolish our space program immediately. We should have learned from the Tower of Babel incident in Genesis that God thwarts the plans and punishes the arrogance of those who reach toward the heavens. Perhaps that is even why he sent Al-Qaeda to attack America, along with the less-than-gentle breezes known as “Katrina.”
Mount St. Helens was a warning sign that we completely ignored, so God has to speak with an increasingly loud voice until He gets our attention and we stop this foolishness of exploring the heavens, which is the sole domain of the Lord God Almighty!
Can I hear an “Amen, Brother!”?
(Mental health is a delicate and fragile thing.)
And I never thought that they would use the Bible of the Flying Spaghetti Monster for anything other than satire.
If they keep it up, think of the benefits. Fridays will be a holy day, there will be beer fountains in every town, and you will be required to talk like a Pirate on Sept. 19!
May you all be touched by His noodly appendages.
RAMEN
Don’t know why all my fellow righties haven’t responded yet, so let try my hand at it (using the tricks I’ve learned from reading lefties like bobbo, Greg Allen, JimD, and the rest…):
1) The source is Salon.com – incredibly left-wing and unreliable.
2) Even if the source is correct, then the comments mentioned (quoting the scripture, etc.) were uttered over a year and a half ago. That’s a lifetime in politics. No doubt this is NOT what he believes now.
3) Just another hit piece by the libtards, democraps, and other fans of Barrack Hussein O-Dumbo.
4) Why don’t the D’s get out of the way and let the R’s fix the mess that Nancy Pelosi and her crew have caused in the last 4 years?
5) DEMOPUKES ARE ALL CRAZY. (Unlike me.)
6) Perhaps the R’s can cross over party lines and let a D head the committee. I nominate Hank Johnson, the Georgia Democrat who so famously stated – concerning Guam –
“My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize.”
7) Okay, seriously, RTFA. This Shimkus guy seems pretty much like a flak to me. Even if you are a rightie (like me) you don’t want to have this ‘indivdual’ as the face of your preferred political party. I hope someone else gets the nod.
Lotsa–thanks for the demonstration. Yes, naysaying and pantomiming a dumbo position is easy to do. But like Thomas, doing so only makes you a mechanical kneejerk. You miss the substance of the claim==even when here you admit the guy is a flak(e).
What makes you proud to claim to be a Republican? 3-4 points for the flavor?
Good Lord
#22 I suspect that there ARE several elected atheist politicians right here in the good old USA. But they aren’t stupid enough to admit it!
My stepfather’s father was an atheist Baptist Minister. Needless to day, he kept his actual beliefs well hidden from the public.
Sadly, for the foreseeable future, you pretty much MUST admit to some religious affiliation in order to attain elected offices (higher than say county supervisor) in the USA. Maybe in the year 2525, if man is still alive.
these are the most bigoted, hateful and lame ass comments i’ve ever seen. You libs always manage to one up yourselves. congratz
@jman
Ever get out of your mom’s basement?
jman
I don’t trust governments. I don’t trust religions. You’re telling me that some bloody awful concoction of the two is going to be better?
Pelosi Says She Has a Duty to Pursue Policies in Keeping With The Values of Jesus, ‘The Word Made Flesh’
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/66208
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eSko2ixEB8U
Comrade Uncle Dave, Sock Puppet of the left loon agenda…how can you live yourself?
Doesn’t the hypocrisy get a bit much at times, in rare moments of sanity?
This wouldnt be any worse than carbon credits.
This is opposed to the Obama Administration, which believes energy policy should be based on lying about experts agreeing with them.
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=336F1906-ADD8-D678-CA4D64A4EC1C59CA
Using the bible to justify the abuse of God’s creation is an abomination.