The former Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello was outraged by some remarks on the fires:
"To link the death and suffering of bushfire victims to other political events is appalling, heartless and wrong" said Mr Costello, who has lost a Christian friend in the fires. "Those who have suffered deserve ever support and sympathy. It is beyond the bounds of decency to try to make moral or political points out of such a tragedy.
He was speaking of Pastor Nalliah who confessed to having a dream that the changes to the abortion laws in Victoria last year have rejected God and instead invited the devil in to work his evil.
There are others that are also ready to explain the causes of the bush fires:
If seeing is believing, then it's time to accept climate change, writes Freya Mathews.
So that's man made global warming (AGW) we need to accept, I presume, and her sermon follows suggesting that mankind controls the climate.
I'm not so sure about either of those points. I'm happy to work towards sustainability and minimizing pollution just for because it makes good sense; but I suspect pragmatism may not be radical enough for AGW believers. Maybe you know what I mean by that.
I'm also of a mind that the fires are caused by something far more direct than changes to the abortion laws.
Perhaps insufficient back-burning; perhaps the nature of the Australian Bush and the hot dry weather; perhaps even arsonists.
I really don't know, but I think I side with Costello on this one - our focus should be on containing the fire, protecting lives and homes and mourning our dead.
Whatever the cause that drives ones conscience to speak out is best met at this time with prudence, temperance and patience. Virtues held in poor regard these days.
There is a time and a place for speaking out. It's not now.
--ZenTiger
And here's more of the Global Warming Sermon. Note how scientists play the role of the high priest:
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"To link the death and suffering of bushfire victims to other political events is appalling, heartless and wrong" said Mr Costello, who has lost a Christian friend in the fires. "Those who have suffered deserve ever support and sympathy. It is beyond the bounds of decency to try to make moral or political points out of such a tragedy.
He was speaking of Pastor Nalliah who confessed to having a dream that the changes to the abortion laws in Victoria last year have rejected God and instead invited the devil in to work his evil.
There are others that are also ready to explain the causes of the bush fires:
If seeing is believing, then it's time to accept climate change, writes Freya Mathews.
So that's man made global warming (AGW) we need to accept, I presume, and her sermon follows suggesting that mankind controls the climate.
I'm not so sure about either of those points. I'm happy to work towards sustainability and minimizing pollution just for because it makes good sense; but I suspect pragmatism may not be radical enough for AGW believers. Maybe you know what I mean by that.
I'm also of a mind that the fires are caused by something far more direct than changes to the abortion laws.
Perhaps insufficient back-burning; perhaps the nature of the Australian Bush and the hot dry weather; perhaps even arsonists.
I really don't know, but I think I side with Costello on this one - our focus should be on containing the fire, protecting lives and homes and mourning our dead.
Whatever the cause that drives ones conscience to speak out is best met at this time with prudence, temperance and patience. Virtues held in poor regard these days.
There is a time and a place for speaking out. It's not now.
--ZenTiger
And here's more of the Global Warming Sermon. Note how scientists play the role of the high priest:
The Prime Minister weeps on television at the tragedy of Saturday's events. He looks around uncomprehendingly, unable to find meaning. But there is meaning. This is climate change. This is what the scientists told us would happen. All the climatic events of the past 10 years have led inexorably to this. And this is just the beginning of something that will truly, if unaddressed, overwhelm us.
As the events of Saturday showed, the consequences of climate change will make the financial crisis look like a garden party.
Yet there is a synchronicity here that must not be missed. The extraordinary economic measures for which the financial crisis is calling provide a perfect opportunity to fund the energy revolution for which the crisis of climate change is calling. If the Government does not seize it, then the terrifying world into which we were plunged on Saturday will become the world we will have to inhabit.
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