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applegrove

(118,008 posts)
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 09:29 PM Dec 2012

"Bryan Fischer: ‘Enormously insensitive’ to hurt God’s feelings by not using oil"

Bryan Fischer: ‘Enormously insensitive’ to hurt God’s feelings by not using oil

By David Edwards the Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/30/bryan-fischer-enormously-insensitive-to-hurt-gods-feelings-by-not-using-oil/

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Bryan Fischer, the director of issues analysis of the conservative fundamentalist American Family Association, on Thursday told a so-called “expert” who denies climate change that not using God’s fossil fuels would be like “crushing” someone’s feelings by rejecting their birthday present.

The Cornwall Alliance’s Calvin Beisner, who has previously said that believing in climate change “is an insult to God,” explained on Thursday that the Bible said it was also very rude to not use oil, coal and natural gas.

“The wicked and lazy master was the one who buried his talent in the ground and didn’t do anything to multiply it,” Beisner explained. “That’s essentially what those who say we need to stop using oil, coal and natural gas are telling us to do. Just leave those resources buried in the ground, rather than pulling them out and multiplying their value for human benefit.”


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"Bryan Fischer: ‘Enormously insensitive’ to hurt God’s feelings by not using oil" (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2012 OP
makes sense in a way dlwickham Dec 2012 #1
I don't think god wants fossle fuels burnt to create global warming. applegrove Dec 2012 #2
I surely do not have the hot line to God like Mr. Fisher does but .... MichaelSoE Dec 2012 #3
But wouldn't god want the planet to live longer? I think fossil fuels would defeat this purpose. Initech Dec 2012 #4
this guy can't make the mental leap to understanding that. stuntcat Dec 2012 #6
I was thinking maybe he was looking for a new argument for the climate applegrove Dec 2012 #7
Is this the same God that bathes us in countless photons? Cresent City Kid Dec 2012 #5
Exactly. GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #11
Doesn't it offend God that we don't use his solar energy, Rectangle Dec 2012 #8
What a fuckwit! TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #9
It is only going to get weirder. liberal N proud Dec 2012 #10

dlwickham

(3,316 posts)
1. makes sense in a way
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 09:54 PM
Dec 2012

but is it rude and/or an insult not to use other potential forms of fuel as well

silly comments by these people

MichaelSoE

(1,575 posts)
3. I surely do not have the hot line to God like Mr. Fisher does but ....
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 10:29 PM
Dec 2012

maybe Mr. Fisher is wrong and God's plan all along was get rid of pesky man by letting him kill himself with fossil fuel and then start anew. It might take a few billion years but hey, God was in no hurry the last time she allowed evolution get to the point it's at now. Why not start over and see what evolves in the next few billion.

stuntcat

(12,022 posts)
6. this guy can't make the mental leap to understanding that.
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 10:42 PM
Dec 2012

Why do HIS feelings make the news? ugh

k & r

edit- No wait I just remembered, his type (millions of people) think the second coming will save them from however badly the Earth is raped.

applegrove

(118,008 posts)
7. I was thinking maybe he was looking for a new argument for the climate
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 10:47 PM
Dec 2012

change deniers. Because Hurricane Sandy has ginned up the debate on the part of environmentalists. And who is the only entity big enough to take on a 800 mile wide hurricane? Why God of course.

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