Quoting scripture as rationale for positions on energy policy? WTF?

Now religion is being used to justify destruction of the Earth. These folks are REALLY CRAZY!!! This direct from "Atheist Oasis – A Rational Refuge" -- please follow link to original


Quoting scripture as rationale for positions on energy policy? WTF?
Posted on November 9, 2010 by Stardust

It’s true…it’s not a spoof. John Shimkus,R-IL and candidate for the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee says that we do not have to worry about climate change because God promised in the Bible not to destroy the world again after Noah’s flood. Here is this story and video links from Salon and YouTube:

And God said to Noah: Don’t fret about global warming

Back in March 2009, 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.

Juan Cole does us the unpleasant service of bringing back to life the comments of John Shimkus, R-Ill., a year and a half ago.

[I am embarrassed that this moron is from my own state of Illinois]

Shimkus 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: “I believe that is the infallible word of god, and that’s the way it is going to be for his creation… 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.

Why are official government committee hearings, and other official meetings allowed to be turned into Bible studies and prayer meetings? I, for one, and totally fed up with it