The Pope is a rather extrordinary man, in that he actually has a Master's degree in Chemistry.... probably the only Pope in the world to have one right now, I imagine.
Rick Santorum impresses upon me that he is somewhat of a mystic. Rick obviously has the power to predict the future and can see that the globe is under no threat from global warming, which causes climate change.
Rick is a deeply religious and honest man, so I believe that if he ever saw a threat on that scale, he would be shouting it from the rooftops... I'm sure. BTW,
Rick Santorum has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, which he obviously thinks qualifies him to challenge the Pope's ideas and ideals.
So the toss up is between a republican politician and a real scientist... I think the real scientist will have a more credible and factual argument. We have all heard republican politicians saying multiple times over...'I am not a scientist,' so I think Rick's point will be rather unfounded in facts.
The Pope made recent statements, reminding us that the Earth is the creation of God and that we must protect His creation against all ills, of which climate change is one of the most concerning... From ThinkProgress...“Safeguard Creation,” he said. “Because if we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us! Never forget this!... Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few: Creation is a gift, it is a wonderful gift that God has given us, so that we care for it and we use it for the benefit of all, always with great respect and gratitude... But when we exploit Creation we destroy the sign of God’s love for us, in destroying Creation we are saying to God: ‘I don’t like it! This is not good!’ ‘So what do you like?’ ‘I like myself!’ – Here, this is sin! Do you see?”
Unfortunately for the Pope, Rick did not appreciate the overall tone of his speech and responded on some unknown radio show with the following rebuke... From MSNBC... 'Santorum, a devout Catholic and far right conservative, has expressed disbelief in climate change — and evolution, for that matter — and routinely rejects evidence scientists present on both matters.... Santorum describes himself as a “huge fan” of the pope, but on “The Dom Giordano Show” on Monday, he said “the church has gotten it wrong a few times on science, and I think that we probably are better off leaving science to the scientists and focusing on what we’re really good at, which is … theology and morality.”
He continued, “When we get involved with political and controversial scientific theories, I think the church is probably not as forceful and credible.”
Well Rick, I agree with you on that... when you republicans get involved in scientific theory, you guys are not credible.
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