Per the Daily Kos: After the Pope said that, “[t]he monopolizing of lands, deforestation, the appropriation of water, inadequate agro-toxics are some of the evils that tear man from the land of his birth. Climate change, the loss of biodiversity and deforestation are already showing their devastating effects in the great cataclysms we witness”, thereby “essentially accept[ing] the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change”, the reaction by the Kochs’ spokespeople and Fox News lovers was vitriolic: For instance, “Calvin Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance, a Religious Right group that specializes in promoting pollution, has been well-paid by the Kochs and other polluters to say things like this: [to believe in climate change] really is an insult to God ... and it will eventually lead to tyranny.” Beisner also said, “The pope should back off ... The Catholic church is correct on the ethical principles but has been misled on the science. It follows that the policies the Vatican is promoting are incorrect. Our position reflects the views of millions of evangelical Christians in the US.” Odd because Beisner is not Catholic, and “[o]nly a minority of US Catholics are right-wing conservatives [although] ... some of them have lots of media cred”.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:13:49 +0000
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